Fortnightly Fiction Jam 4

a little window jam comments

2020-10-18T15:03:31Z

this isnt really interactive fiction in the form of writing, but ive been thinking about the experience of playing games recently, and how they are like windows into fictional worlds or atmospheres. ive been working on three interactive fiction games atm but none are ready- so thats the story im telling, this game is a window into my head, where the fiction is dreamed up. the blue tones are inspired by the 20th century artist Kandinsky who claims that blue is the most spiritual colour. so this game is meant to serve as a sort of soft, pillowy, meditative headspace. the rabbit characters are a personification of 'going down the rabbit hole', like in alice in wonderland or the matrix. i started to think about how it may feel for a viewer to experience something in a completely ambiguous, open way. the fiction the viewer comes up with is just as valid as anything i could make. i find when im alone in a new virtual place, i get very introspective. this submission is meant to challenge what the viewer considers a story, how much agency they have over what that story is, and whos writing it. like when you peer through a window and make up a whole story of what goes on in there without ever stepping into the room.