Spring 2024 Edition @ UCF
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This week’s optional exercise is focused on the remix. There’s no need to pick up additional tools, but think about drawing together aspects of your making and conceptual prototypes into the foundation for a larger project. This week’s lecture covers several combinations you can consider, from integrating P5 with Twine and/or Bitsy to building generatively illustrated GIF hypertexts and beyond. Going back to the basics (such as comics and drawing as elements for an interactive project) can also be a great way to bring together the components of your making for your portfolio at another level.
Often, this will require revisiting the previous modules and looking at additional documentation for exporting and embedding, as discussed last week as part of building GitHub portfolios. Leave time for debugging these combinations, as even HTML and JavaScript files can be difficult to combine without errors.
The example created in this week’s video is available to explore live on Github Pages, and can be referenced for code samples in the repository. You can also fork the examples on OpenProcessing: the linked escape room and the Tracery P5 integration. The escape room is also embedded above, which is an example of dropping an iframe into Markdown, just like we did in the Twine example linked.
This week’s prompt is intentionally flexible to allow you to choose the tools, platforms, and experiments from our previous weeks that you most want to revisit and expand upon. Here’s a broad recipe for your multimodal making:
Combine at least three ingredients - Depending on your interests, these might include more visual, procedural, or data-driven components that work well together. For example, Tracery combines well with P5.js, and both might make a fantastic “prelude” to a Twine piece geared towards Kairos or the digital review. Note the three tools you used and why you selected them in your introduction to your reflection prompt.
Convey a coherent theme. - Approach your multimodal exercise as a coherent whole: rather than showcasing the technologies and making execises from previous iterations as fragmented components, revisit each part and think about how it adds to an overall theme. Revisiting your text will help draw the pieces together. Think about how this will fit in your portfolio.
Work towards aesthetic unity. - Think about ways to connect the components of your work visually: can you revisit font choices? Use a shared color palette? Try to avoid drawing attention to the separate pieces of your work - instead, play with strategies to bring the interfaces, and ideas, together.
As always, please share screenshots from your process as well as a link to your new piece, ideally embedded in your portfolio! Since we’re revisiting previous platforms, there are no additional specific resources for this week. Try revisiting each of the exercise overviews for the making methods you’re combining, and take another look at the additional and advanced resources listed.