Thank you for contacting Empirisoft Support with this inquiry. DirectRT has a number of functions that should support this particular research project design. I will do my best to detail them with references to appropriate sections of the DirectRT instruction manual, but please feel free to send us any further questions.
"Movement" of the figure can be accomplished by using a .bmp image of the figure in your trials. You can program DirectRT to present it in a trial and then use the appropriate keycodes for moving a joy left or right to present it on the corresponding side of the screen. You can find information about the relevant DirectRT functions here in the instruction manual:
Use of image files as stimuli: http://empirisoft.com/directrt/help/...stim.htm#image
Placement of stimuli: http://empirisoft.com/directrt/help/...s_location.htm
Keycodes for joystick movement: http://empirisoft.com/directrt/help/..._key_codes.htm
Example file using joystick input: http://empirisoft.com/directrt/help/...ouse_input.htm
Placement and randomization of the names is also possible in DirectRT. You can create what is known as a stimlist of your names and then tell DirecRT to randomly select one name from that list to show on the screen. The placement of the stimuli would be accomplished in the .csv input file by a combination of referring to the name of the stimlist in the stim cell and use of the location cell in a given row of the .csv input file.
Use of stimlists: http://empirisoft.com/directrt/help/directrt_stim.htm
Placement of stimuli: http://empirisoft.com/directrt/help/...s_location.htm
Example of using multiple stimuli on a single screen: http://empirisoft.com/directrt/help/...nd_screens.htm
Hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any other questions or would like to to try a free 21-day trial of DirectRT.
Best,
Empirisoft Support
Jason Reed
Empirisoft Software Support Specialist