Working on our Interactive Nonfiction piece has been a whirlwind of emotions—equal parts frustration and excitement. Let’s start with the frustrating bits: CSS. Oh boy. I’ve always admired the ability to do web design, but actually creating it? It’s a whole different story. Trying to make everything look cohesive and visually appealing while wrangling CSS feels like wrestling with a slippery fish. It never quite does what you want, and then you realize you’ve spent two hours only using div classes.
On top of that, team communication has been another layer of complexity. Getting everyone on the same page—whether it’s about design choices, storytelling tone, or even just task delegation—is a challenge. Balancing different ideas and making sure everyone feels heard while staying productive is harder than I expected. It’s like juggling while walking on a tightrope. Especially with myself! Making sure I’m staying on task and getting the things done that need to be done is quite difficult.
But it’s not all struggles! Twine has been such a fun tool to work with. I love how it opens up creative possibilities to make the story interactive and immersive. The topic we chose—Undertale’s effect on indie game culture—has me genuinely excited. It’s something I’m passionate about, and seeing our project come to life (even if it’s slow-going at times) is incredibly rewarding.
I’m learning so much from this experience, even if parts of it feel overwhelming. How’s everyone else handling their projects? Any tips for CSS survival or team coordination?
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2 responses to “The Struggles and Joys”
I really wish I could give you some tips and tricks with CSS and team communication but when you’re in a duo you kinda don’t have much a choice but to both put in an equal amount of effort. However, as someone who has used Twine before, I like hearing, or in this case reading, about how your adventures with the program has been. I got to see your project and I can totally see where all that excitement and effort has been put in and I hope you keep up the great work! As we wrap up the semester, I wish everyone luck on putting forth the best project they can.
Haha! The slippery fish analogy is so true! I am really struggling in that department. I felt very unsure at the start of this project, but as things have progressed, I feel a little more sure of what my group and I are doing. There are still a lot of unknowns, but figuring out the files, communication, and foundational stuff(labels, tags, etc.) has been really helpful. Our group set up a group chat and have taken turns working on our respective parts/allotted work. If we have big things to work on, we zoom and do it together. I like the way it has worked out so far. Also, I really enjoyed y’all’s game! I look forward to seeing it completed. Good luck and have a great rest of your semester!