Idea #1-Interactive Story: In my portfolio, there were a lot of projects regarding writing. Writing, creative writing to be specific, is a hobby I have had for a long time, and quite honestly my dream job would be to write\/storyboard for JRPGs. To start down this path, I was thinking of writing a story (a short story given the scale of the project) and using technology to make it interactive. Now, in regards to where I would take this down the interactive field is still up in the air, although some ideas have come across my mind such as a text-based adventure, pictures and animations in still frame accompanying the story to give it life, and having voice over edited in so you are following along with the story.<\/p>\n
Idea #2-Visual Novel: While the concept might be the same as the first one in being heavily story reliant, the technology and skills needed for the project are different. A visual novel is a hybrid between gaming and storytelling, and focuses on a few core gameplay mechanics while making sure the story is one of the main selling point. When taking a look at my IMM portfolio map, there were a few gaming projects I had listed, and after talking with a friend about what I should make my project be for thesis, this was one of the ideas they pitched. As of this point, I can say I do not have the skills needed to pull this off, however over the course of 7 months I’d like to think that could change.<\/p>\n
Idea #3-Folklore Compiler? (Name Pending on this one) An interest of mine aside from writing has always been history with a strong focus on ancient times. Now, while learning about the civilizations themselves was neat, I always likes the stories the had to tell, which in turn ended up leading to an interest in modern anthropology. I realize that “stories” might not be clear, so let me make that even clearer: the myths, the legends, the tales where scholars are not certain if there is any reality backing them. With technology where it is, I was thinking of making a large compiler for a great many of these projects, be it in the form of a website, a video, etc. Let’s take the website as an example: one direction I could take this in is having a map of the world on the screen and have it be interactive. Once you hover the mouse over a certain region of the Earth, you can see a list of stories and tales from that region, and then click on one to see it. At this point I don’t really know how I would go about creating something like this, but when skill and practicability were taken off the table this was a thesis idea that came straight into my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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