Week 7: Basics of the Built Environment

The order of visiting presenters has changed, you can consult the Course Schedule for the updated order.  This week we welcome guest presenter, architect and art historian Dr. Christopher Wilson.  We expect to make use of the map you made of your planet location by taking your player to visit several structures around the area you have designed. Dr. Wilson will provide us some assistance in describing those structures and infrastructure as we learn a few basics of architecture applied to the creation of built environments.

Writing Assignment from Last Week: If you missed last week's class you need to put some time in to catch-up because you missed the in-class instruction for making a hypertext game in Twine2.  Luckily for you, most of the basic instruction is available in the Tutorial on the Intergalactic Pinterest Link. You should read the "Visiting" Concept Document first and then do the "Visiting" Game Tutorial.

Assignment for this Week: Complete one of the options at the end of the Tutorial--go to a job, go to a sporting event, go to a ceremony, go to a family gathering on your planet--and describe it in detail.  Remember to come to class with your laptop or tablet charged and ready, we will be writing extensively in-class. 

Also, this week, you need to send me an image from your planet in the size of 200 px high by 400 px wide.  This could easily be a section of your planet panorama reduced in size and cropped. Also send me the name of your planet and the description of it you wrote for the planetarium show. Please email me these items before next class. 

Xtra Credit: There is a possibility for extra credit if someone wants to create an illustration of me (headshot 233px wide by 155px high) as a person of the intergalactic future to use on the Intergalactic Pinterest page.  If I use it, you get extra credit. Email me if you are interested.

Next week we will look to how objects and culture interact in a visit from Dr. Genevieve Hill-Thomas our art historian who specializes in global art.