Category Archives : thesis
RSS FEEDSummer 07 – Usability – Mantis navigation story.
I’m exploring the possibility of making the mantis interactive CD-Rom be more like a game. In this game, the user would receive suggestions made by the system that will unify the experience. As I modified my thesis’ proposal, I added the game as a way of consolidating the mantis world. This is what I came ...
read more »Summer 07 – Usability – User archetypes
The following are the user archetype profiles I’ve created to understand my audience better. These are the Mantis User Archetypes. The first three ones are based on my primary users: college kids and older geeky fans. My example for a secondary user is an employer, while my tertiary user is an investor. -Alex
read more »Spring 07 – Midpoint – Written Proposal
So, Spring was the time in which I had to present my project to the evaluating board. First time around, I got a conditional pass because the evaluating committee wanted to see some preliminary designs of the supportive characters, and their stats, which -even though I had- it didn’t occur to me to include in ...
read more »Spring 07 – Midpoint – Mantis Flash Gallery
Beam me up… so characters are clickable. A fun fact is that, if you dont want to enlarge the gallery, you can just click it and make the characters go round using the arrow keys in your keyboard. As I prepare for the midpoint, I use my Experimental Flash class with Mitch (simply the best […]
read more »Fall 06 – Interactive Concepts – Mantis in Pantis
After careful consideration, I decided to go with my original idea: Mantis in Pantis. When I first entered school, I entered wanting to develop a cartoon series. In fact, I was at the verge of studying animation… but I soon realized I wasn’t really interested in learning about the craft of animation, but ...
read more »Fall 06 – Interactive Concepts – Researching 5 Ideas
Ok, I should just say… this has been hell. I’m juggling friends, school, and relationships, pseudo-moving, displacement, brokeness… and I still am not getting the hang of it. Is this the proper forum to say these things? I don’t know… but it all needed to be said. So, like a good student, ...
read more »Fall 06 – Interactive Concepts – Brainstorming
Summer is not just a season, summer can also be a state of mind. During this summer, I didnt take any classes. I was getting reacquainted with myself… Still, I didnt forget to practice on my design skills. Even during summer, growth has to happen. Now that classes started, I spent a weekend thinking of […]
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