sorry for the lateness!!!!!!!!!
I honestly thought just the plan was due today.
For my term project, I will be creating a hyper-text memoir, called "my europe," loosely borrowing the concept of my body.
I lived in Italy for 6 summers, and spent this past summer in France. There will be two branches-my France and My Italy, which will include linked stories from my childhood (Italy) and a few months ago (France). As the reader goes deeper and deeper, the number of links to other stories will increase by page.
There will be 18 stories per sub-category, plus an introduction and conclusion, which will tie the two branches together, 38 stories total. I do have a complicated branch chart drawn out.
The first word of the page will link to the previous page, so the reader does not have to hit the back button. I don't think I will include a home page link because part of the project's purpose is to have the reader explore. I want them to get lost and try and find their way. I will not provide a map, here or within the project.
This stories consist of my fondest childhood memories. I don't want to forget any of them, and I'm hoping that this project will jog some more memories.
I have decided every specific story that I will include. I will then type them up and decide where the best link locations are. Once I see the words on the screen, I can better observe which words have some kind of relationship to the next.
For instance, my story about Mass at the mountain church will link to an anecdote about the first time I went in it and saw the gruesome bloody Jesus corpse in the glass coffin (bet that got your attention, didn't it) and visiting St Peter's for the first time. All the stories have a similar underlying tone.
1 page-2 links-which have two links of their own-each of those links has three links to other pages, within which will be the link to the conclusion page. Here is the sample chart. hopefully, you can see what I'm getting at. The point at the bottom of the chart is the conclusion.
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For my term project, I will be creating a hyper-text memoir, called "my europe," loosely borrowing the concept of my body.
I lived in Italy for 6 summers, and spent this past summer in France. There will be two branches-my France and My Italy, which will include linked stories from my childhood (Italy) and a few months ago (France). As the reader goes deeper and deeper, the number of links to other stories will increase by page.
There will be 18 stories per sub-category, plus an introduction and conclusion, which will tie the two branches together, 38 stories total. I do have a complicated branch chart drawn out.
The first word of the page will link to the previous page, so the reader does not have to hit the back button. I don't think I will include a home page link because part of the project's purpose is to have the reader explore. I want them to get lost and try and find their way. I will not provide a map, here or within the project.
This stories consist of my fondest childhood memories. I don't want to forget any of them, and I'm hoping that this project will jog some more memories.
I have decided every specific story that I will include. I will then type them up and decide where the best link locations are. Once I see the words on the screen, I can better observe which words have some kind of relationship to the next.
For instance, my story about Mass at the mountain church will link to an anecdote about the first time I went in it and saw the gruesome bloody Jesus corpse in the glass coffin (bet that got your attention, didn't it) and visiting St Peter's for the first time. All the stories have a similar underlying tone.
1 page-2 links-which have two links of their own-each of those links has three links to other pages, within which will be the link to the conclusion page. Here is the sample chart. hopefully, you can see what I'm getting at. The point at the bottom of the chart is the conclusion.
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David Wilbanks on sorry for the lateness!!!!!!!!!: I'm going to agree with Maddie
Maddie Gillespie on sorry for the lateness!!!!!!!!!: WOW. I'm actually pretty excit
Maddie Gillespie on sorry for the lateness!!!!!!!!!: WOW. I'm actually pretty excit
WOW. I'm actually pretty excited to read your hyper text game! (And that's not simply because I feel the need to escape to a European country. Then again, over there I think you're guilty until proven innocent. Yikes!) I will totally volunteer to be a tester for your text, too. I'm sure that the text will be engaging with so many links and is sure to lose a few people along the way, but that's the point right? This sounds like a very good idea, Dani. Congrats on an inventive idea that draws from personal experience.
I'm going to agree with Maddie's "Wow." This really does sound like a fascinating project. Based on my own experience, you will definately jog old memories by writing about other memories. About this time last year I tried to write about all my earliest memories (It was in the form of a large unwieldy document, rather than in the elegant form that you'll be using)as I did it I recalled pages and pages of memories that I previously hadn't. The same thing happens anytime I reread it as well.
I think that this aspect of memories will really lend itself to your intended layout, as it is reminiscent of the prosess by which memories are recalled. I'd also like to volunteer to test it. (or just read it when its done)