November 10, 2008 Archives

Moved from Friday, Nov 07

What would you like to do for your term project? Options include:

• A creative hypertext
• An informational hypertext (for yourself or a client)
• An interactive fiction game
• A research paper (related in some way to what we have covered in class)

Please bring a printout that demonstrates you've put some thought into your proposal.

("I want to do a website" is not enough. Please suggest one or two websites that you'd like to emulate.  If you want to do an IF game, name a few games, or individual segments within games, or other influences that impact your choice.)

The proposal itself (due today) can be a short note with a few bulleted lists. 

The project itself will develop over several assignments that span the last few weeks of term. (Check the Outline for actual due dates.)

All projects will include

1. Term Project Project Report (an informal paper, about 3 pages, which could take the form of a long blog entry; bullet lists and personal anecdotes are fine, but filler is unwelcome) that analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of two or three electronic documents (such as a website or IF game), and uses the analysis to articulate goals for your project
2. Group Alpha Test Report  (an "alpha release" is a very rough, incomplete draft)
3. Individual Beta Testing Report (a "beta release" is a full draft, which implements improvements that you uncovered during alpha testing)
4. Final Class Presentation (emphasizing changes that you made during beta testing)
5. Blogging (post regular informal progress reports -- maybe at the end of each work session, post a brief entry on what you accomplished and what you want to do the next time you work on your project)
   

I will give you a rough scenario, which you will individually flesh out into Inform 7 code.