Hello y’all
I hope you have all had a good week! I certainly tried to! This week was characterized by being very busy.
Verification Quest
Tuesday was the due date for the Verification quest, which I totally missed. I was dealing with some issues, so I asked for an extension.
I then finished it on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, just in time for the showcase.
Then, while I was doing the showcase, I noticed so many small issues, I just felt the need to clean it up. So I may clean it up, just for my sake.
Speaking of the showcase.
The Showcase
I really liked the showcase, being able to see everyone’s works and talk about them was really cool. I went out of my way to ask questions as well, as someone with social anxiety I am quite proud of myself.
If you presented, awesome work! I tried to talk to as many people as I could, so I apologize if I could not make it to your table.
It was quite inspirational!
Interactive Nonfiction
I have been working very hard with my group on this project, as I suspect all of you have.
So what have I learned?
For one, Twine and CSS/HTML work in a very interesting way. I like the tag system, it allows for an interesting way of handling classes and CSS.
I do think it is a little annoying how finicky it is with importing HTML/CSS pages. I spent a lot of time working on a HTML page then ported it to Twine and encountered many more issues, but this inspired a new idea for working that I am going to share with you all.
My group has a google drive folder where we have all of our information and resources for our projects. What I am going to start doing is working and troubleshooting within twine, then upload my work into the folder as a HTML document. This way, it is easy for my group member who is compiling the main twine document to import my work while also saving me from having to do multiple revisions and trouble-shooting.
Of course, this is the method I found work’s best for my group. I imagine that many of you all have your own techniques, so feel free to share them. I will also be happy to help with any HTML, CSS, and Twine stuff any of you all need help with.
Comments
2 responses to “The Week with A Showcase”
Hi! I agree that this past week was super busy. I’m sure it’ll only get worse as the semester nears its end. I thought the student showcase was awesome too! I loved getting to see what everyone had been working on, both in our class and other classes. I also struggle with some social anxiety, so I feel you on that front. It’s difficult to push past that sometimes, but I bet everyone appreciated your effort to talk to them and ask questions. I tried to do the same, and everyone was so passionate about their research! So cool. Your workaround for Twine and HTML is really smart also–I may have to try that if need be. Great post!
I love how you organized your post! This was one of those weeks where I know we got a ton of work done but looking back my brain just goes, “It was all a blur which means we accomplished nothing.” My group has also noticed that Twine is very finicky. We’ve run into lots of issues when combining the CSS with HTML for videos, pictures, and even the basic text at times. While we’ve worked out some of the major issues it really does just seem to be trial and error at this point. I also had a lot of fun at the showcase and I’m glad our class got to participate!