Last week, I attended the Red Bull Game & Demo Lounge Auditions event for TEDxUSC. I had very few expectations going into this event, other than that it was a qualifier for presenting our games at TEDx and an industry pitch in its own right.   At the event, we had the chance to demo [...]

Attending Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Inspire Days was a much needed flood of inspiration for me. Not only did it rejuvenate my excitement for developing my thesis, but it also reignited my passion for the industry. Throughout the day, we were treated to micro talks from every facet of the studio, from making of presentations, [...]

Here is the link to my Atlas for World Building: ScryptyriaAtlas

This postcard showcases several locals of Scryptyria, and tries to entice writers to come and visit. It does so in a fairly conventional way, treating the land as if it were a vacation spot. In a way, it does serve as a vacation spot, where writers take a break from writing, and try to figure [...]

When thinking about the First Glimpse into Scryptyria, I initially used this image as reference and inspiration:   I was drawn to the otherworldly ness of the colors, as if the visitor has arrived in an endless expanse of fantasy. I further thought about the physical entrance, which is in the center of pages of a [...]

  Atlas: My atlas will be a digital book- presumably in a flash app. It will describe the legend of the town as well as go into the details of the areas and the daily lives of those who live there.   Unity Component 1: A world with four different portions of the environment- the lake/entrance, the courtyard, [...]

  External Boundaries: Visitors enter Scryptyria through the pages of a book. So outside of the world is a path from every book in the world. When a visitor leaves, he or she is transported back to the book that transported him or her there.  If an author chooses characters or words to bring back outside of Scryptyria, [...]

Scryptyria, the Land between Pages 1. Scryptyria is the land where all of the potential characters, plots and words relax, waiting for an author to choose to use them. Its entrance is accessible between two pages of any book and authors frequently visit when in need of a fresh character or situation to base a story on. [...]

1.a) I chose to analyze the world of the film Tangled . It has a world similar to our own in some ways, but with key differences that affect the way each character operates. I found Tangled an interesting examination especially because the main character largely doesn’t understand her own world and explores it for the [...]