Hypertext Narrative Project: Civic Imagination
Brief
For this project, you will create a hypertext fiction with an open-source application called Twine focused on building a better future world, set in the year 2047. A hypertext fiction is a fictional story that is read by progressing through a series of story nodes containing hypertext links, with each link leading to another node in the story. You will follow a design process that will help you generate ideas, create characters and plot, incorporate feedback, and iterate towards a final work.
Tools and materials
- Pencil/pen
- Journal
- Computer with Internet access
- Twine Desktop Application
Learning Resources
Instructor produced:
- Twine Tutorial: Getting Started
From the Twine community:
- Twine Guide: Twine Wiki
- Advanced: Interactive Fiction
- Making a game with Twine: Twine Game Tutorial
Inspiration
Steps to completion
- Read all lesson topics and listen to any highlighted podcasts
- Follow the Twine tutorial to get acquainted with building with Twine.
- Twine tutorial: Getting Started
- Complete the associated project deliverables in the Discover, Define, Develop, Deliver, Discuss design process.
- Discover: Word-pairs
- Define: Synopsis
- Define: Characters
- Develop: Story and plot elements
- Deliver: Hypertext Narrative
- Discuss: Hypertext Narrative Critique
- Submit frequent updates of your progress to the Studio
You should include the bare minimum listed in this tutorial, but if you want to produce a more advanced hypertext narrative, see the Twine Wiki for more details.
Grading
This project will be graded according to a cumulative assessment of each part of the design process. More information can be found on the individual design process step.
Citation
This project has been adapted from: THINK CRITICALLY - ACT CREATIVELY: HARNESSING THE POWER OF FICTION FOR SOCIAL GOOD. Accessed on October 10, 2016. http://byanymedia.org/works/mapp/activity-1?path=activities