The Histrionic Designer

Fluxus Discovery

2008-11-11T08:58:00.001-08:00

I did the following:

- Designed and developed the iPhone website for the project
- Compressed two of the three videos to be compatible with the iPhone video player
- Created riddles for two locations

Considering I was originally going to do something a lot more ambitious, then switched halfway through to work with Ben and Laura (not really my choice) and still came up with a pretty cool iPhone site, I'd say I deserve an A, if only because I know it's going to be mixed in with your own tally.

Locative Role-Playing Game

2008-10-15T15:18:00.000-07:00

A locative role-playing game works very similarly to current console games of the Role-Playing genre, except that the game's world map is, in fact, a real-world location. Because of this critical difference, an entire new level of interaction will be integrated into the core mechanics of the game.

A player will be tracked by the system in real-time by GPS, which will simultaneously move them in the game world and the physical world. There will be a geocache for each item players can find and input codes for--the system will keep track of who is in possession of each item, and each item will give the player's character enhanced in-game abilities or add special effects.
If players are within a certain proximity of each other, they may choose to "battle" each other, in which case they will play a more active version of the traditional turn-based battle system, which will also prompt that the players interact with the real-world environment as part of the battle.

There will also be computer-controlled 'monsters' which will be presented at random in certain regions of the playing field space, which will be encountered much the same way a player encounters other real players.

A basic story can be implemented to add interest, which will be similar to the way stories are presented in most MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Games).

Super Awesome Zombie Sci-Fi Thriller Map

2008-10-13T14:04:00.001-07:00

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Meander

2008-10-12T13:41:00.001-07:00

THE RULES

1. Walk straight
2. If something red passes by, follow it.
3. Do not make 180-degree turns
4. Turn left after three stop signs or traffic signals, or if you reach a dead end

THE MAP

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Meander, Stop 1

2008-10-12T13:40:00.003-07:00

Meander, Stop 2

2008-10-12T13:40:00.001-07:00

Meander, Stop 3

2008-10-12T13:39:00.001-07:00

Meander, Stop 4

2008-10-12T13:38:00.000-07:00

Meander, Stop 5

2008-10-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

Meander, Stop 6

2008-10-12T13:36:00.001-07:00