I’m currently taking a #TakeFlight course on twitter to get a handle on their latest offerings and also how to better present my project on Twitter. It has information that I find intriguing and I do intend on including for…
Category: Research
Social Tracking
As stated before in previous postings is that my initial idea of tracking of interactions from social sites such as FB, Twitter and Google+ is to utilize query parameters at the end of the link that the user clicks through…
Domain names bought
Bought the domain names for “Troll-Me-A-Story” with and without the hyphens. Also reserved the name in facebook for the application. I am still researching VPS options while working on the node.js, mongoDB and angularJS on my local server. The wire…
LOCK system
For the mini stories that the players/users will be using I will be applying the LOCK formula to the system. What is LOCK? LOCK is an acronym for LEAD, OBJECTIVE, CONFLICT AND KNOCKOUT. Obviously LEAD stands for the character that…
Name of thesis app changed
The name of the application for my thesis has change from “Legendary Quests” to “Troll-Me-A-Story” Why? After reviewing the multitude of games on Facebook it has been found that a name like Legendary Quests would get buried whereas a name…
Do chores to continue?
Rather interesting concept that the comic artists of “Sandra and Woo” came up with in this particular strip where the player would have to enter in an activation code given by their parents in order to continue on with the…
Additional info about Storytelling
Found this article about how storytelling is expected within the marketing realm and why it is so useful while craved by its audience. Today’s society looks for a product with a story behind it for they want to know why…
linode
For the functioning prototype I have decided to go with a VPS solution on linode.com that will allow me to install node.js, mongoDB and AngularJS. These will make the code easier to manage and to use. Why not the traditional…