{"id":27,"date":"2022-06-13T22:53:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T05:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jpresta\/?p=27"},"modified":"2022-08-01T12:37:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T19:37:12","slug":"task-5-twine-task","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jpresta\/2022\/06\/13\/task-5-twine-task\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 5: Twine Task"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this assignment, I am wearing my BCIT hat and submitting a game where the nurse has to manage four different cardiac arrest scenarios. I used Twine 2.3.16 to create this game, which has proved to be a labor of love as I navigated the world of HTML coding. Had I come into this activity with prerequisite knowledge of this ‘machine language’, the process would have been a lot smoother and the learning curve less steep.<\/p>\n

My initial concern with using this platform for creating a game was that the media is very text heavy. When learners are faced with a wall of text that lacks visual points of interest, attention can be lost. With searching chat forums and the internet, I was able to find codes that would allow better integration of multimedia. Through this, I was able to create a game environment that closer reflects a hospital setting and is more engaging through sounds and images. This first iteration of the game is basic at best and I will be taking this back to my colleagues for further revisions.<\/p>\n

I find the language of computers as it compares to the language of humans fascinating. Both forms of language are structured with semantics and syntax, with machine language diverging from human language in its logic, precision and lack of intonation and emotion. The HTML coding in Twine needs to be exact for the computer to understand the directions and execute the command. There is no room for error. Whereas human language is flexible enough to still be understood if a mistake is made while conversing.<\/p>\n

The linking text within this game services as a form of circular links which allow the individual playing the game to return to previous scenarios if they incorrectly answer the question (Bolter, 2001). This way, they are given unlimited attempts to examine the information on the page and test their knowledge. Additionally, these “hot” (Bolter, 2001, p. 27) texts show the player relationships between the content and the answers they have to choose from. They also act as a guide for progressing through the game, highlighting a pathway through virtual content (Bolter, 2001). From a design perspective, the onus was on me to ensure this virtual pathway through my game space was well planned out. This was more challenging of a task than I anticipated. When creating links between story passages that were bidirectional, I had to ensure that the “arrival” and “departure” (Landow, 1989 as cited by Bolter, 2001, P. 37) information of each passage represented logical relationships depending on how the player arrived at that destination.\u00a0One of the limitations of this platform is the inability to link to content outside of the game for purposes of individual study or expanding on the concepts encountered in the game.<\/p>\n

Below is my hyperlinked text to take you to the game! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/wheebee.itch.io\/cardiac-arrest-management-scenarios<\/a><\/p>\n

References<\/p>\n

Bolter, Jay David. (2001).\u00a0Writing space: Computers, hypertext, and the remediation of print<\/em>\u00a0[2nd<\/sup>\u00a0edition]. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.<\/p>\n

ADDENDUM:\u00a0<\/strong>Here are some screen shots of the game’s story line and some of the coding for the effects. The videos were created with our SIM software.<\/p>\n

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