For my 3 thesis ideas, here are my 3 keywords for each:
3 Keywords
- Subject Matter/Message
- Ending Point (audience, field presented)
- How are we gonna get there (methodology/medium)
Sensational Chef
- Senses, This idea makes use of the five senses: smell, sight, sound, touch, and taste.
- Scholars, This idea is aimed at scholars interested in experimental design.
- Game, This idea is a game for multiple players with a win state.
- This game utilizes the senses to create an experience for scholars.
Giovanni’s Room
- Narrative, This idea is based around the narrative of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room.
- Youth, This idea is aimed at queer youth interested in historical literature.
- Game, This idea is a game that puts players in the world of the novel.
- This game extends the narrative of Giovanni’s Room to create a queer experience.
Drag Castlevania
- Drag, This idea is based around the drag culture of Chicago.
- Queers, This idea is aimed at queers interested in drag as a form of expression.
- Game, This idea is a game for players to both fight and express themselves.
- This Metroidvania-inspired video game pulls from the art form of drag in its story, mechanics, and community-based design to create an experience aimed at queer players.
- “Metroidvania – Metroidvania is a sub-genre of action-adventure games and/or platformers focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration and progression” (from Wikipedia sorry 🙁 )