Sunday, November 16, 2014

Narrative Site Update #1: Humble Beginnings

For my final project, I have chosen to create a Narrative site.  I have always loved to write fiction, so this was a perfect opportunity to put that creativity to use and package it into a interesting website with a unique story within.

The story, which has been my main focus of figuring out this week, will feature a group of three space-traveling heroes, named Lace, Lonnie, and Zo.  Their mission: to explore the galaxy and make new discoveries; that is, until their ship malfunctions and takes them to an unknown planet with danger lurking at every turn. It will be the player's job to lead Lace, Lonnie, and Zo back to safety, so they can resume their original mission!

The site will feature 10 linear "scenarios," each giving the user 2 options. One option will progress the story, while the other will lead to a "failed" scenario, and the user must start over from the beginning (or from a checkpoint).

While I will of course be writing the story and doing the coding for the site, I've enlisted the help of my talented friend Amanda to help me with the artwork for each scenario.  She is currently a student at MIAD working towards her Animation degree, and I am immensely grateful for her willingness to help! I've also entrusted another dear friend of mine, Tara, to help me reach my goal with this project; she will be helping me iron out the details of the story and giving me guidance for how the characters should interact.

Overall, I think this website will truly be my best yet! I hope everyone will be excited to see what my team and I create.

Navigation Map (the general "flow" of the website):


Conceptual Sketch (what the web pages might actually look like):



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