Organizing my thoughts. Only read if you read the "BOX" post first.

After meeting with Hila Dar, I now have a good partition of themes to ponder about and work through. I have several lists of problems, missions and challenges to think about and test...

This is very good, since now I can work through this bit by bit.

List of questions:

1*I have to define for myself- what do I want the user thinking when going out of the room.

2*How do I make the interactive videos work as a smooth video?

3*Do I want to use a regular letter based keyboard or custom make a pre-set one?

4*How am I going to make the cube?

5*Do I want to use "Alice" to feed in the verbal reactions.

6*What is the story with the character? Is there one character? Is there one story?

7*What are my handles going to be like? What are they going to do?

8*Do I put hints in the design to the fact the user is not an outside viewer but is also being

watched and tested?

9*Is there an ending?

Some beginnings for answers:

1*I think I want the user to be wierded out. I want the user to leave with frustration and a

flustered feeling, the kind that doesn't let go of you for a while, because something is

definitely wrong there. Amomnet before the user forgets all about it, I want them to realise

that as well as watching the prisoner, they were also watched and their reactions were also

tested.

2*The only Idea I have write now is to make the whole thing with interruptions. Statics in the

video all along, and not just in the connecting points.

3*I don't know yet.

4*I don't know yet.

5*Well, I still need to check it out, But it seems like a good idea, given I can limit "Alice"s

answers to certain themes only (no chit chat style convos).

6*The character gives the impression of being a victim, a naive, innocent victim. At this point I

don't think it is. I think the character is locked up that way for a damn good reason. I think it

did something terrible, but will never admit to it. It want to get out, and will manipulate anyone

that goes near it to help it out.

7*Well- that's a good question. Functionality wise there are a few things I want: (a) a handle to

control the temprature. (b) a handle to control a tiny trap door. (c) a handle that controls a limb

(probably an arm) of the character. (d) a handle that does nothing at all (maybe a microphone

shaped....). Regarding the design...I don't know.

8*I think I will. Hila suggested to hint about it at the entry- designing the door as a door to an

asylum booth.

9*I think there will be. I think it'll be time based, so at a sertain point the connetion just

terminates, no matter how far the user had gotten to go on the dialogue. I think I'll randomize

it, but I'm not sure.

Missions:

2*Test the video and the interruption effect.

3*Decide on the interactivity limits- how much can it really be the user's choice?

4*Look for solutions. LCDs? Screening?

5*Investigate the options in "Alice".

6*Try doing a stanislavsky style research on the character.

***Make a flow chart. The better it'll be, the easier time I'll have to point out the problematic

issues.***

Hila also told me about the show "LOST" apparently it's just like cube, only on an island.Hmmm.

Thats all for now.