Well, I passed my graduate review! And with a unanimous decision/flying colors! It's a huge weight off my chest but at the same time bludgeons me into realizing that turning in my completed thesis is the next step. And that's a big step.
So my next little job is to create the shell of the prototype and to get a start on the paper. I need to readjust my outline as well to take into account my new ideas and changes. I also need to decide on a target audience and ultimately, if this should be a commercial venture or a casual gaming experience. I'm leaning towards commercial. Gotta make that angry money to pay these lovely bills.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Monday, February 05, 2007
Grad Review Countdown
It is now 10 days until my graduate review. This is the big moment in the life of my thesis. After 6 months of an abandoned idea an 3 more of a much better one I'm ready to get it fully approved. I'm still piecing together a suitable presentation for the review as well as my midterm. I also need to finish my thesis outline by Wednesday and my Flash Prototype Mock Up by the review date.
But in the few hours after the review, I will either be accidentally crashing through a window drunk and to my death or purposefully crashing through a window drunk and to my death. The former in celebration, the later alleviation. So I guess that means I'll do what I do. No one better jinx me.
But in the few hours after the review, I will either be accidentally crashing through a window drunk and to my death or purposefully crashing through a window drunk and to my death. The former in celebration, the later alleviation. So I guess that means I'll do what I do. No one better jinx me.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Metaphors
Central my new thesis idea is the metaphor between the Net/WWW and the real physical world. This is to conceptualize the new gaming possibilities that I am in envisioning. This is where I outline most of those metaphors.
1. Internet (series of connected servers) --> analogous to a limitless, flat and empty earth waiting to be populated with things and people.
2. World Wide Web (series of documents link over the Internet) --> each page (or domain on larger scales) is analogous to contained spaces such as houses, playgrounds, sports fields, or any other type of structure or space that can be inhabited and interacted within on that flat empty earth described above.
3. Web artifacts/content (anything from text, pictures, empty fields, buttons, tables, etc. anything within a web page) --> analogous to artifacts or items within each contained space that we as players can potentially interact with when playing a game.
4. Person browsing the WWW (self-explanatory) --> analogous to a player inhabiting the game space described above. Without the extension described below the player is just a passive player not yet able to interact with anything or anyone within the rules of the game.
5. Web browser (self-explanatory) --> analogous to the eyes of the player within the game space. It allows the player to see what there is in the space to interact with from next to nothing all the way to thousands of different artifacts and items.
6. Web addresses (the name of different web sites that allow you to navigate to it and remember where it is so you can come back later) --> analogous to real life addresses that we use to categorize spaces so we can remember where exactly they are when we want to come back to them. Essential in moving between different game spaces.
7. Extension (the overlaying tool connected to the browser that allows the games to be played) --> analogous for the "brain" of the player. It allows the player to know the rules and have skill sets for interacting with each space in the world. Without this the player is just a passive viewer using the browser with no way to interact based on the thesis idea.
And that's all I got. Stay tuned!
1. Internet (series of connected servers) --> analogous to a limitless, flat and empty earth waiting to be populated with things and people.
2. World Wide Web (series of documents link over the Internet) --> each page (or domain on larger scales) is analogous to contained spaces such as houses, playgrounds, sports fields, or any other type of structure or space that can be inhabited and interacted within on that flat empty earth described above.
3. Web artifacts/content (anything from text, pictures, empty fields, buttons, tables, etc. anything within a web page) --> analogous to artifacts or items within each contained space that we as players can potentially interact with when playing a game.
4. Person browsing the WWW (self-explanatory) --> analogous to a player inhabiting the game space described above. Without the extension described below the player is just a passive player not yet able to interact with anything or anyone within the rules of the game.
5. Web browser (self-explanatory) --> analogous to the eyes of the player within the game space. It allows the player to see what there is in the space to interact with from next to nothing all the way to thousands of different artifacts and items.
6. Web addresses (the name of different web sites that allow you to navigate to it and remember where it is so you can come back later) --> analogous to real life addresses that we use to categorize spaces so we can remember where exactly they are when we want to come back to them. Essential in moving between different game spaces.
7. Extension (the overlaying tool connected to the browser that allows the games to be played) --> analogous for the "brain" of the player. It allows the player to know the rules and have skill sets for interacting with each space in the world. Without this the player is just a passive viewer using the browser with no way to interact based on the thesis idea.
And that's all I got. Stay tuned!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
New Thesis Abstract and Design Doc
Welcome back. School is in session and I have really started "buckle down" as the cliche goes. I've done my possible statements and initial abstract paragraph. Both are subject to change and will change. I've also completed my Design Document for the thesis. Both are included --> ABSTRACT <-- and --> DESIGN DOC <--.
I'm working on scheduling this week and will post that when I'm done. After that, I will get to the "meat and potatoes" as that other cliche goes. This quarter also boasts my graduate review so I've got a lot to look forward to. Wish me luck.
I'm working on scheduling this week and will post that when I'm done. After that, I will get to the "meat and potatoes" as that other cliche goes. This quarter also boasts my graduate review so I've got a lot to look forward to. Wish me luck.
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