Category: Tracery

Why Wouldn’t You Save the World? forces readers to see the facts. Climate change is real. It also comments on how big businesses haven’t taken any initiative on climate change even though they are in the best position to do so. Why Wouldn’t You Save the World? puts the decision in your hands, but is it the right one?

Dear Diary lets you pull random entries from the diary of a teenage girl over a three-year timespan. See if you notice any recurring characters or subplots.

My project takes real people’s posts on the Reddit forum, Am I The Asshole? and changes various details, making the situation more or less absurd. I’m hoping to provide a humorous way to explore questions of right and wrong and to consider the ways we pass judgment on strangers with limited context.

https://deserted-entertaining-mambo.glitch.me/

My project is a spoof on dating apps. It plays with the notion of digital mediation as an invasive character within intimate partnerships formed online. The app initially masquerades as just a really bad dating app that matches you with people you’d rather not date. By the end, the app falls in love with its user. The last line is meant to look like binary code. Try translating it!

https://glitch.com/edit/#!/skinny-candied-paper?path=grammar.js:56:47

Create Your Own Disaster is inspired by the fact that many regions are experiencing natural disasters once thought to be uncommon in that area. What disaster will come next?

Link to Project: https://puzzling-shining-help.glitch.me

“Everyone’s a Hero” is a brief superhero fiction narrative that draws from traditional and familiar motifs, themes, and scenes from superhero fiction history. Will the reader save the city and what troubles will they encounter?

Once Upon a Time… plays on traditional fairy tale tropes and draws attention to them through the hyperbole of the language and characterization. A Princess is kidnapped by a dragon and saved by a Prince. But will they live happily ever after?

https://bernie-gospel.glitch.me/

“The Gospel According to Bernie Sanders” is a work of combinatory writing that attempts to challenge popular thinking surrounding politicians and their role in the cultural schema of the United States. Putting the missions and stories of Bernie Sanders and Jesus Christ in conversation places into question the idea of American politicians as divinely sanctioned saviors and the legitimate capabilities of our leaders.

The NCAA Basketball Broadcast Generator generates what the broadcasters say at the beginning of every NCAA basketball game. The idea comes from watching multiple basketball games and noticing that there’s a bit of overlap between each broadcast. The link is https://western-blackbird-8e1efc2617.glitch.me/

The Cobble Tavern is a tracery project that uses recombinatory storytelling to tell a narrative that takes place at a tavern. In this piece, only certain aspects are changed in order show the helplessness in certain events that happen in life (for anybody). As you read through the story, you can change certain text with the button below, but also beware, not all text is exactly as it seems.

Hint: Hover your mouse over certain text and see if anything seems off.