Well this was something totally new for me. I was so hesitant at first and had thoughts about not completing this task, but I’ve already opted to not do one, so I wanted to leave my other opt out for a time when I may need it!!

I am not a gamer. I have limited experience with writing code or designing online platforms or games. I will admit I was confused after “playing” The temple of no, but I’m sure it was because I was only half paying attention to the content and was trying to think ahead to my own use of Twine.

I started by opening a Google Doc and starting on my story. This really helped because I was sitting outside the hockey rink while my kids had a little practice with a coach friend and didn’t have my laptop. Not sure of the capabilities of starting this on my phone, I just started typing in the doc to get my story going.  Once I started, it came together pretty well.

I struggled through the formatting, finding a style I liked and getting the background and font colours to change. I then entered the rabbit hole of adding pictures! I had to stop myself, because I was taking WAY too long to find the right picture and I don’t have a ton of time to spare these days with the end of the school year (and report cards) approaching.

I enjoyed having the story link together and do admit that I was a fan of the Choose Your Own Adventure novels of the 1980s. I found this week’s reading enlightening as we really have always linked our new and current knowledge to that of the past – it’s nothing new. We are in a time where things are changing like crazy and people are always looking for simplified versions of things. Like Bolter reference’s “electronic hypertext is not the end of print; it is instead the remediation of print” (p. 46).  We are not reinventing the wheel, just changing things to keep up with the times!

I hope you enjoy my story – it’s a choose your own adventure that all leads to the same moral, that is probably a common parental frustration! It’s a constant struggle in my life, so hopefully you will see some comparisons to your own lives and maybe even giggle a bit.

Click on the link below and download it to your computer to play. I hope you enjoy!

What’s for Dinner

 

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Bolter, J. D. (2001). Writing space: Computers, hypertext, and the remediation of print. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.