As I read through this batch of readings I found myself intrigued by the stories “Uncle Roger” and “Uncle Buddy’s Phantom Funhouse.”<\/p>\n
“Uncle Buddy’s Phantom Funhouse” was hardly an enjoyable experience to play. The slow loading times were frustrating and the ever more cluttered dashboard made the whole story overwhelming and hard to follow. The graphics and loading symbols reminded me very much of old school computers which helped with the immersion of the game, but overall the story it was trying to tell proved hard to find through the clutter.<\/p>\n
“Uncle Roger” played more like what I was expecting from a textual fiction. We followed a series of paths, changing course by simply clicking one of the highlighted text options. I found the whole experience to be far more enjoyable that my time with “Uncle Buddy’s Phantom Funhouse.” This was likely because “Uncle Roger” was designed to be more user friendly. The “story” unfolded using traditional english writing styles, with the text appearing in an abbreviated, poetic sentence structure. The narrative is gamified by its interactivity. I liked that I was able to pick what aspect of the story I wanted to hone in on or continue, but I also felt that this freedom to choose where the story went had some drawbacks. In particular I felt that the actual work suffered from the user’s ability to choose paths as it can lost continuity by providing so many paths to go down.<\/p>\n
Such can be said for both “Uncle Roger” and “Uncle Buddy’s Phantom Funhouse.” Both are non-linear stories that use player interaction to drive the story forward. The difference between the two is that the confusion and convoluted nature of such interaction within fiction is a critical spect of the user’s experience with “Uncle Buddy’s Phantom Funhouse.” The game\/story is supposed to feel increasingly busy and overwhelming, and though I found it frustrating I found it to be a very interesting and creative way for a story to unfold and be told.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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