Verification Quest
Yay!! The first draft of another project down!
Honestly, that’s the part that makes me nervous about submitting projects. For me it’s got to be perfect the first time, so submitting something that I know will need to be improved feels strange. As for creating the project, I had a lot of fun and learned a lot of things about putting practices from Verified to use. On the HTML side, I feel like I had a good grasp on how to accomplish what I wanted the project to look like (aside from a few problems with my images). Some things I did have to look up (like putting the icon on the tab), but overall I think I’ve got a good handle on HTML (at least the basics). On the CSS side, however, I was all over the place. Like I said to my peer-review partners, there are so many things in my style sheet that don’t do anything because I couldn’t get them to work. I think the biggest example of this was trying to format my images so that they sat side-by-side. I was able to get them to “float” to the right, but when I tried to position them beside each other, it just got weird. The other stuff was simple, but I need to do some experimenting with my pictures for the revised version of this project.
In terms of storytelling in the Verification Quest, I had a difficult time not falling into that academic, for-the-classroom type of writing. I had to truly sit and think about how to present this information in a way that was interesting. I also had to channel that storytelling part of myself and try to create a tone that was informative but not dry.
Interactive Nonfiction
With that said, I’m very excited for the Interactive Nonfiction project coming up. I’m glad that we read/discussed the chapter about writing for games and game construction. That helped a lot in figuring out not just what we’re writing this project about, but why we’re writing it and who we’re writing it for. I’d like to learn more about CSS through this project, and also experiment more with Twine. My biggest struggle with the Interactive Nonfiction project is the storytelling aspect and how we create a work of nonfiction that also makes use of creative writing skills. I really like our idea for the project as well, but I think I’m going to struggle with learning how to incorporate CSS into Twine and make it all look how we want it to. I am really looking forward to writing it and incorporating sources; basically I’m excited for the writing part, but I also think it’s going to be interesting to learn how to create a “game” where players can choose which path they want to take.
Storytelling in this project seems like it’s going to be simple, but I am also nervous because of all of the considerations that I have to take in terms of audience and such. I do think that the “game” aspect will alleviate some of that, but I also think that storytelling takes more time and thought than some might think.
Comments
3 responses to “Verification Quests and Storytelling”
Hi! I’m so happy we have the first draft done and out of the way (for right now)! I’m the same way. I have to make things perfect the first time and if it isn’t good enough, I get nervous. Thankfully with this class I have had to get over that, because none of my first drafts have been perfect (lol). Hopefully it’s becoming easier for you as the class continues. Also, congrats on getting the basics of HTML down! I am with you there, but similar to you, my CSS not the best. Mine was the most basic of basic CSS, because I wasn’t sure how to do anything else with it.
Yes! I am also very excited for the Interactive Nonfiction! I love my groups idea, and we have had fun working on it so far. I wish you and your group the best of luck!
Hi Bailey!
I’m so proud of you and your first Verification Quest draft! I really love how your project is coming along; your use of HTML and CSS was honestly super impressive. I’m with you feeling like I have a better understanding of the languages, and I’m also looking forward to getting to use them again in the Interactive Nonfiction project! It’ll be interesting applying CSS and HTML to a larger project overall with way more moving parts. It makes me wonder how overwhelming this project could get looking at so many details and features over such a broad landscape. I hope that doesn’t happen with you and your group, and I hope y’all have a great time!
Yeah, I also agree that aside from images HTML is easy compared to CSS. I’m also really excited for the interactive nonfiction because I think it’s going to be a lot more fun than the verification quest was (no hate to the project, just hate to the HTML and CSS learning curve lol). I was also really worried about doing the narrative part at first because I was having a hard time understanding what was too fictional but now that we’ve had more time to discuss I can go back to just being worried about the HTML and CSS like normal.