Narratives for Interaction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfDhFng3aY

My project topic is quite similar to this game. A Taiwanese game set in Taiwan, with their local element and story. I feel extremely inspired by Detention as they are not afraid to show off their culture. Being a point and click horror games, I feel that I could have taken some elements from this game itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURVxvIZrmU

I would like to mention that this game allows the player to make difficult choices and action, which make it more engaging.

1st Topic Idea

http://www.flightnetwork.com/blog/20-movies-probably-didnt-know-filmed-canada/

Before I further explain my idea, I would like the reader to click on the link. My first topic idea would be to highlight the problem film makers nowadays faces. In the link, we can see that there were lots of american stories not being made in America itself, but Canada. The same could be said about Singaporean Read more →

Context Research about : Topic 1 – What is Long Ya Men? The Historical Timeline. Why is it important? Topic 2 – Who were the Secret Societies? How did they survive in urban Singapore? 

Topic 1 – 14th Century Singapore

Long Ya Men (or Dragon’s Tooth Gate) is a granite outcrop which served as a key navigational point for ships entering and passing by Singapore’s main Read more →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0imKdhQgSsU

Façade is an interesting artificial intelligence-based interactive project that was created by Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern. It provides a unique gaming experience for the users. The player plays the role of a close friend of a married couple, Grace, and Trip. Throughout the game, you will be interacting with them in first person context, and you can Read more →

Topic: Nature/ Natural environment

Concept: Simulation of real life conditions, with educational facts and data

What is it? An interactive webpage that features two to three different modes, each with their own storyline – Forest, sea, and pitch-black mode. Players will be allowed to choose their modes at the start page. Each mode can be narrated in two different ways – Read more →

I have two main topics when I was talking about during the second week of Interactive Narrative. One topic is on history and another is on bacteria and diseases.

After some idea generation, I decided on two concept which I felt interesting. Both are interactive sites with animation, sound and narratives as the content.

IDEA ONE: HISTORY OF VIRUSES

For my first idea, Read more →

http://visual.ly/who-hogs-worlds-wealth?view=true

This is a site that I recommend everyone to see. It features sounds as we interact with the pages and icons. It also has simple animations to get the idea across.

http://tiongbahru.market

This is a very interactive website and it uses a huge data base as well as a lot of animation to make the site look fun and engaging. Although it has a simple interface, the overall presentation of the colors chosen and the theme really strikes me as a whole.

http://www.apple.com/sg/mac-pro/

I want to mention this site as it has a really engaging experience even though the entire interaction is only scrolling.