![]() ![]() The oldest known maze is the Cretan labyrinth in Knossos. (To clear the confusion with labyrinth, labyrinth has only a single route with more twists and turns without branches.) "A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route." From the simple lines and squares inside children's maze books, to the complex mazes that block our way to further plots in a RPG game, maze is common and popular.įirst, let's look closer at maze. So here is the link to the version without sounds: When I tried to publish the game, there were some problems about the format of the audio files.Still trying to fix it. One day I was listening to this song on a bus, and then suddenly discovered the beautiful scenery outside the bus. This song is one of the inspiration of the whole idea of this game. For the ending part, the music is from a Japanese animation 'Natsume's Book of Friends'. I composed a simple piece of looped motif. The background music for the staring part is made by Ableton Live. People Staring at their Phones on the Bus Based on the experience I want to convey to players, I have an initial game mechanics in mind. Then your view finally leaves the screen and find out the beautiful and colorful scene outside the window."ĭifferent from previous game project, this time I am working from a subtle experience rather than the game mechanics. Suddenly, a pedal with color fells on your screen. After playing several games, updating social networking, reading some news, checking messages and emails., you are tired of all those flooding new notifications and messages. Without looking up, all you focus on is the small screen in your hands. "Sitting in a bus, you are playing with your cellphone. As a result, my idea for this project was born: We often miss the scenery we are passing through. On the bus, most passengers are playing with their phones, busy with playing mobile games, refreshing social network, reading news, etc. In modern society, we human beings are sometimes lost in the convenient technology. All of a sudden, I realized that I am actually looking into a screen instead of viewing those scenes in reality. When browsing color palette, I was struck by the beauty in these natural colors. The interesting condition of this project made me start from building a color palette first. One interesting condition of this project is that all of us have to build this game with no more than 5 colors!Īs usual, in order to find my inspiration for this project, I went to the Make a “Serious Game” that deals with a specific aspect of the manufacture and promotion of mobile phone/tablet device culture. A Serious Game - Stop Staring at Your Phone ![]()
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