Project Title: Windows XPerience
Team member: Junior, Ju Hee, Adham
For this project, we will go back in time to revisit a staple piece of technology: a Windows XP computer with the classic green valley and blue sky background. Our inspiration came after a rigorous brainstorming session were we touched base on a lot of ideas that interested us. After presenting some of the ideas to the class and after further deliberation amongst our group, we decided that this idea provided the best balance between abstract storytelling and realistic implementation considering the timeframe and themes available. The theme our piece will be based on is: “close the door” and we hope to do so in an interesting way, giving the user the possibility to decide the ending of a story where, inevitably, the door will be closed.
As seen in the Scene 1, the user will be in a room with his old-style windows computer appearing in front of him/her. As he/her clicks on it, he will be sucked inside the computer, shadowing the idea presented by Richard Moore in the Disney Animated film Wreck it Ralph 2. In order to escape the computer, the user will have to click on a set of icons in a predefined sequence. Each icon will transport the user into a different scene, and it is up to the user to click on the right set of icons to escape.
Possible Assets:
- Windows XP Icons
- Furniture for the room
- Laptop
- Paint brushes (Paint Program)
Interactions to Design and Code:
- Clicking on the icons
- Scene Manager to move from one scene to another
Sound:
- God-like voice that tells the user the situation he is trapped in and gives him clues to possibly escape the computer
- Sound effects for clicking on different icons
- Sound effect of getting absorbed into the monitor
- Peaceful background music when the user is in the green valley
Lighting:
- Stark contrast in lighting between the room and the inside of the computer.
