My final project was made in Twine. The interactive fiction piece is called Secrets. There are three different secrets you can explore and the user controls the decision the character needs to make at the end of each one. The goal is to choose the path that gives you the key to success. I was able to change colors for…
Author: Ocean88
The Future of “Choosing Your Own Adventure”
Electronic literature has definitely moved it’s way up the ladder as an accepted literary form. Elit has been limited primarily by the progression of technology, starting out as basic text commands and simple hypertext to moving it’s way into interactive video games and digital poetry. Now with new technology such as smart phones and iPads, elit may again jump to a whole…
Anchorhead- A Plethora of Scooby-Doo Scares
As an English major, one may have the opportunity to read cheesy gothic novels such as Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, or Ann Radcliffe’s Romance of the Forest. During the time when these Novels were written, these gothic scares were equal to todays horror movies. Today’s society may read the books as humorous “scooby-doo” like spooks and gags and most tend…
The Shadow of Freedom
For my creative project, I chose to use Twine. As an English major, I can write stories better than I can make a video game. I really love the “choose your own adventure” design that Twine offers. Twine is a bit confusing with all the boxes and arrows, but it does make sure there are no broken links. The…
Façade- Beyond Basic IF/TA
Façade combines interactive fiction with images. Unlike Galatea, the user can type input but the output comes with visuals and verbal responses from the characters. The whole object of the game is to select a person, visit a married couple, and try to keep them together. For me, I was only able to resolve their issues once out of…
Little Red Riding Hood and Sexual Awakening
The Grimm’s brothers are thought to have originally wrote Little Red Riding Hood with parts like Red going to grandma’s and being asked to do things like take off her clothes and burn them, which has long been cut out of the fairy tale. Many people argue that the red cloak symbolizes Red as becoming a woman and losing her virginity. The…
Inanimate Alice, Do You Guys Know How To Post Videos to Facebook?
In a world where we can take videos on our cell phones, which are literally no bigger than a hand, and instantly post them on not only the computer but the world wide web, it is hard to imagine a time when games with graphics and video were non existant and games were only played by typing commands to a computer.…