Media Arts Thesis: Getting Things Right
As I progress throughout the year, I find myself, at this point, having less and less to write about. This isn't to say, of course, that the project is becoming boring or that I'm running out of things to do. Far from it; I've been working on the interstitial audio this past week, in addition to touching up the narrative and rewriting one of the documentary sections. All of this work, of course, has been vital, with the narrative stuff being important after receiving strong
Media Arts Thesis: Confronting My Shortcomings
So, in developing this game, I'm realizing that I could have chosen something a lot more tailored to my main strengths. I already found a way to sidestep my lack of coding skills while still retaining a good sense of gameplay by using the Eko platform, true. Still, in developing a full game for myself, I'm having to confront one of my biggest creative fears: writing narrative. I've always been far more of a visuals person than a writer. My main strengths in creating media a
Media Arts Thesis: Building the Parts
Another week, another blog post. I wish I had a more creative way of starting this blog post, but the fact is, documentation might be getting a bit different and less long winded going forward. I've probably said this before, but this time I really feel it, and this is for one main reason: The bulk of the conceptual work is pretty much done. No, of course it wont be DONE done, maybe ever (given the nature of how projects live on in the age of remix and updates). Still, for

Media Arts Thesis: Directional Quirks
Well, to start off, I wanted to post my tentative logo for my project, as I'm excited to finally be able to get into some visual design for the project. I wanted to reflect both the neon aesthetic of the 80's while also including the pink triangle as a subtle reference to the AIDS movement, as the pink triangle - reclaimed from the pink triangles that homosexuals wore during the holocaust, similar to the yellow stars that the Jews war - became one of the most powerful symbol