Northbound
A multi-sequential story created in Dr. Janet Murray's PeNLab Project studio. Interactors play as Clara, a young Honduran mother, leaving her home as a local gang member threatens to kill her. During her journey, she is forced to make difficult decisions to save her and her four-year-old son's life
Research question
How can interaction design for emerging computational technologies allow us to create, experience, and share more complex forms of storytelling?
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Project duration
January - May 2021
Background
Project Studio course with Georgia Tech’s PeNLab Studio instructed by Dr. Janet Murray.
Role
Creator, researcher, writer, illustrator
Tools
Illustration, Illustrator, Photoshop, Timeline Authoring System
Objective
Utilize timeline authoring system for creating stories that allow interactors to explore scenarios with multiple variables in order to get a fuller understanding of a complex situation.
Storyboarding
Pink stickies are key beats in the story. Green stickies are choices. The blue stickies following the green represent the details of the story based on the choice. . Yellow stickies are visual design suggestions to represent the key piece of the story
Timeline authoring system
Structures stories as a series of dramatic beats that vary according to three sets of variables. In Northbound, interactors three dramatic beats to choose between are:
Travel alone OR together
Continue to travel while ill OR rest
Help others OR help self
Publication
Pedro Silva, Shuyu Gao, Michelle Ramirez, Sanjeev Nayak, Colin Stricklin, Janet H. Murray. 2021. Timeline: An Authoring Platform for Parameterized Stories. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX ‘21). ACM, New York, NY, USA.
Illustration iterations
