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January 26, 2006
Thesis Prep - 6 Questions
Posted below is my first (drafty) response to the 6 questions assignment in 548.
As I answered this, I felt like I may have focused too strongly on an existing idea. I know that recently I've been learning a lot about myself, and I'm finding that what I'm learning relates to this project idea, but it also potentially implies other projects - and at this point I'm having a hard time prioritizing my various personality traits and interests.
anyhow, without further Ado -
1) Area of interest Identified
Music & Sound Design for Interactive Systems
This seems a little vague to me, it's hard to get all of my curiosity about this out in a single phrase
2) Couple of questions and opportunities suggested by area of interest
- what do we want or need to know about this area
How can we more effectively utilize sound in the design of interactive systems?
Can we design a game for "Grooving?"
How far can music go in the creation of "implicit narrative?" (Context)
* limit interactions to musically sensible (system-push)
* Limit music to interactively sensible (system-pull)
* Music Video Game?
* Could a game help people compose music?
* Are _all_ people synaesthetic to a degree?
3) Method or process that can be used to explore the question
Prototyping
(Syncronization)
* Demo where music plays and Actions are forced to coincide with the beats
+ Will this be frustrating? How much latency is acceptible between beats?
+ Will players even notice?
* Beat Demo Where all actions are melodic
+ How will player response be influenced by
- Pitch
- timbre
- Rhythmic elements
+ How will player response be influenced by
- Game mechanic?
- Visual Elements?
- color
- line qualty
4) One to three actual topics or subjects that address your interests/questions
Didn't I get these above?
5) Pair topics with Genre and Audience
I would like to try to focus explicitly on a Flow-oriented experience design.
I would like to try to prove that all people can achieve a flow experience without
narrative or photorealistic graphics, and to begin formalizing a design system
which helps others achieve similar results and continue exploration.
6) Commit to a term (participant, player, reader, user, audience) that you
will use throughout the project
"player"
This is admittedly hard. I think it's valuable to keep this definition
a little fuzzy. "Player" implies a "game" with a "goal" (to me). I know that
this means a lot to me because my final goal involves generating pleasant or
"fun" experiences for other humans. I'm sure that as I prototype my ideas
the terms "User" and "participant" will come up.
Posted by efn at 01:28 PM | Comments (0)
January 12, 2006
Looking for a Game Team
I brought this up in Seminar last night, but here's the Blog post I promised everyone as a reminder...
I'm looking for a team to work on a game project for the Independent Game Festival 2007 and/or Slamdance 2007.
If you're interested in working on the project, please send an email to uscgameteam3@gmail.com .
Please include:
Experience
Skills
Interests
Disinterests (i.e. things you DON'T want to work on)
Obviously, the big things we need to fill in are C++ programming, 2D Art, 3D art, and 3D animation.
Right now there is no commitment or schedule, so replying to this doesn't sell your soul or anything. I'll be in touch.
Posted by efn at 02:55 PM | Comments (0)