These past nine weeks have flown by with doing research for the new direction of my thesis and creating a prototype to demonstrated how the visual portion would work. Since I am still doing research a revised draft is not…
Category: Prototype
Mid-Fidelity Prototype
Here is the mid-fidelity prototype https://foxglove1028.proto.io/share/?id=1591374b-f7c4-41e3-99fe-d5aace5f6492&v=1 It is mainly to work on the look and feel of the site. Per the chat with Professor Fu that for now the home was mocked up so that I can meet a deadline…
Low-Fidelity Prototype
I have published the low-fidelity prototype on proto.io. The only requirement to view this project is to make sure the browser it is viewed in has HTML5 and CSS3 abilities alongs with JavaScript enabled. https://foxglove1028.proto.io/share/?id=57893ba6-c0cd-4bde-a8ec-9a0944ca6d1a&v=3
Process
The Process The visual portion of my thesis will be an online application for interactive stories where users will be able to add a story node or event that either enabled or hindered a user’s progress of a story. The…
Its not about THINGS!
I dove back into my research notes and reread a few chapters from Chris Crawford’s book Interactive Stories. Here’s a quick excerpt from chapter one in regards to games: Games concern themselves with things: things you acquire, things you use,…
Give me X item(s) is so boring… let’s spice it up!
After a good long chat with Professor Fu it was apparent that just posting requests to the social sites asking for items is just absolutely stale and I had to step back and ask what can be different? What can…
User Actions
New User Path – Player (need final inner story node screen): Create Account Fill in name, email, username and password Create an Avatar Join or Create a Team (teams are an additional feature) Choose a storyline from Map (when teams…
Proto.io
Trucking along with Proto.io for the low fidelity prototype. I know I only had like half of the wires finished but I figured that a low fidelity prototype was more important and technically its working wireframes anyway with proto.io Proto.io…
Prototype title and add’l user interactions
Possible titles (I will need to check domain availability): Fictitious Meanderings Fictitious Journeys Fictitious Adventures Legendary Meanderings Legendary Journeys Legendary Adventures Now about the additional user interaction. As I was asking around on facebook as to what could make…
Social Media migrations
I have been pondering the total reliance on Twitter and Facebook and realize that not all social media networks are to last forever. Take a look at MySpace and how its audience base has changed in the past few years.…