Storytelling.
Storytelling can be a fun and creative activity, but it can also be used to help convey the value of a product. Check out some of my storytelling projects here!
Interactive Fiction
ABOUT
This is from the Time Studio 1: Story class at CCA taught by Kate Rutter. This is a choose-your-own-adventure style interactive game. It's based on my experience of learning how to drive: how I got my learner's permit, and how I proceeded from there. A fun twist on the story is that it's set in the Old West of the United States – hence the silly name "The Life and Death of Ye Old Learner's Permit" and goofy names in the game like "The Department of Horse-Drawn Vehicles."
TOOLS
Twine, HTML
SKILLS
Storytelling, game design, writing, playtesting
REI Co-op Guide to the National Parks Comic
ABOUT
This is from the Time Studio 1: Story class at CCA taught by Kate Rutter. The goal here was to tell an "origin story" – in other words, how a new user discovers an app. I chose to base my comic and story on the REI Co-op Guide to the National Parks mobile app.
TOOLS
Procreate, Adobe Illustrator
SKILLS
Storytelling, illustration, writing
IoT Animatic
ABOUT
This was a project done in the IxD 1: Foundations class taught by Graham Plumb in fall of 2019. Here, I chose an existing IoT device – a smart watch for kids to communicate with parents and allow parents to keep track of their child's location – to base my video on. We were supposed to animate a video that shows a use case for the product we had chosen. I showed the benefit that a young boy and his mom get from using this watch.
TOOLS
Procreate on iPad Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe XD, Adobe Dimension
SKILLS
Illustration, storyboarding, animation, video editing, writing
Seek by iNaturalist
ABOUT
This goal of this project was to create a video that tells the story of the concept of an existing app. I chose Seek by iNaturalist. I recorded, edited, and animated content for this video to demonstrate the features and value of this app.
TOOLS
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Dimension
SKILLS
Sketching, storyboarding, video editing, animation, writing
The Return to Earth
ABOUT
This is a choose-your-own-adventure style game set in a dystopian, future world. The Earth has become uninhabitable in the recent past; you, a human who has grown up on a space colony, are being sent to Earth – now a barren and desolate wasteland – to complete a mission. Will you make it back to space?
TOOLS
SKILLS
Twine, HTML
Storytelling, game design, writing, playtesting