graduate thesis
Searching for the Alchemist
Description: Searching For the Alchemist is an innovative multimedia installation that employs multi-touch technology, a novel navigational structure, and an engaging narrative to facilitate collaborative interaction among young adults.
Role: Conceptual Development, Illustration, Animation, Game Design, Interface Design
Team: Tim Jonas: Content, Art Direction, Design, Animation.
Larry Millard: Content, Programming
Content - Games
Description: Centered around a
story about a missing alchemist and guided by a magic spell book, players must navigate to the four realms of air, water, fire and earth and solve puzzles based upon the theme of elemental transformation. As the pieces are solved, players discover the fate of the missing alchemist.
Concept Sketches
Game Sitemap
Promotional Banners and Website
Concept Sketches
Project Development
We began our project by researching and building a multi-touch table. At the time of development, this was still new technology.
Creating engaging content for a multi user, multi touch interface presented it's own set of unique challenges. To accommodate different types of game interactions and enhance the illusion of depth, a “turning cube” navigational structure was conceived.