You did it again. You procrastinated yet another project and now it's time to face the consequences of your actions. As you look at the sun streaming in through your dorm window you debate not getting up at all. What's the worst that could happen if you let that project go for a little longer?
You fail, that's what happens. Your Photography 101 Professor was very clear about this. This one final project is worth 95% of your grade.
//How is that even allowed?// you think to yourself. //Shouldn't there be a curve or something?// But this isn't one of your engineering classes where you can get 25% on every test and walk away with a B, this is a humanities class. A humanities class that, you remind yourself, you need in order to graduate on time. As a second semester Senior, you can see the light at the end of the soul crushing tunnel that is Engineering School. Nothing in this world is going to take that away from you, especially not a Photography 101 class.
You pull out your phone, open your email, and [[read the assignment]].
Double-click this passage to edit it.
You walk to your dresser and throw on slim fitting jeans, a graphic t-shirt, a flannel, and a light jacket. The beanie you throw on your untamable bed head completes the hipster vibe you're aiming for.
//If I'm gonna go around taking photos of everything, I might as well look the part.//
You grab your digital camera and sling the strap around your neck before heading out the door. You check the bus and train schedule on your phone and see that the train is running late. The bus is a longer and less pleasant ride overall, but if you take the train you will have to sit in the smelly station for a long time.
[[You decide to take the bus]]
[[You decide to take the train]]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
You catch the bus without an issue and take a seat at the very back, far from the doors. You are going to be on this bus for a while, so it's best to stay out of everyone elses way. Thankfully it doesn't seem as though there are any crazy people riding with you, so you relax a bit and stare out the window for a while.
About 20 minutes later, the bus stops and a large group of people pack their way into the small space.
//Maybe one of these people owns a dog// you think. Looking closely at the strangers, you find that there are no dogs to be seen. However, you do see something you could never have prepared for.
[[You see a teacup pig]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[you see a Chiuaua]]
The aptly named Professor Peacock has been around since computers were the size of a lecture hall and types up assignments with 2 index fingers. The assignment reads:
"to understand the BEAUTy and grace of the Earth you must first understand her FLORA and FAUNA. However with the gowing urbanization of our great planet the FLORa and fAUNA have changed. Your goal is to take a series of photos of FLORA or FAUNA in an urban space.
You willb e assigned either FLORA or FAUNA by a cointoss at the beginning of the semester.
You need to give me:
- at Least 5 photos of your subject in an urban space
-they need to have Artistic Merit .
- the photo series is due at the STARt of the last day of class
LATE ASSIGNMENT S WILL GET A ZERO (0)"
At the start of the semester, the coin toss in question landed heads up, meaning your subject is fauna.
//Great// you think to yourself. //I have to go through the city and take pictures of peoples pets.//
Groaning and shielding your hangover sensitive eyes with your hand, [[you get out of bed]].
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[You take a picture from afar->far Chiuaua pic]]
[[You move closer to the Chiuaua->approach Chiuaua]]
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(set: $chiuaua to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1) (set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[You board the train]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[You ask the owner to take a picture of her Chiuaua->ask for Chiuaua pic]]
[[You take a photo of the Chiuaua->no ask Chiuaua pic]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
(set: $chiuaua to 1)
you get no chiuaua photo
[[You board the train]]
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(set: $chiuaua to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)(set: $totoalScore=$totoalScore+4)
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[You board the train]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
It is an uneventful train ride.
[[downtown]]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
You arrive Downtown and look at your surroundings.
{(if: $seaLion > 0)[
To the West is the pier where you saw the Sea Lions. There didn't seem to be many other animals around there, so going back might not be worth your time.
](elseif: $usingIphone)[
To the West is the pier you fell off of. You are still immensely mad about the loss of your camera and have vowed never to return to that damned pier.
](else:)[
To the West, there is a pier swarming in tourists. You know that there are frequently Sea Lions sunbathing in that direction, so you can probably get a good photo there.
]
}
[[You start walking towards the pier->go to pier]]
[[You turn and walk towards the park->go to park]]
[[You head towards the tallest buildings of Downtown->go to buildings]]
[[start to go home]]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
Perplexed, you blink a few times and stare intensely at the young blonde woman on the other side of the bus. No, your eyes don't decieve you: she really does have a teacup pig in her purse.
The pig is wearing a blue sparkly collar and peering over the edge of a large purse that looks more expensive than two months rent. Unsurprisingly, the woman holding the purse looks far too wealthy to have any good reason to ride the bus.
You chuckle to yourself and turn on your camera.
//How perfect is this? Prof Peacock wants animals in an urban space? What's more urban than sitting in a rich womans purse on a dirty bus?//
Unfortunately, there are quite a few people in between you and the pig, and you don't think you could get a photo with "artistic merit" from this distance. On the other hand, you made a vow a long time ago that you would never become the crazy person on the bus, and moving closer to this woman to take a photo of her pig seems a little strange.
[[You take a photo of the teacup pig from afar->owner stops pig pic]]
[[You move closer to the teacup pig->approach pig]]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
(set: $pig to 1)
Raising your camera, you frame the photo as best you can. Suddenly, the owner of the pig throws both of her arms into frame, covering the pig from your view. As you look up from your camera, you see her glaring at you. Well, you assume she's glaring at you, but in reality her designer sunglasses cover the majority of her face.
With a huff, the woman picks up her purse, pig and all, and gets off at the next stop.
//Great// you think, //this is gonna be a long day.//
The rest of the trip is uneventful, and [[you arrive Downtown->downtown]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[You take a photo of the teacup pig->owner stops pig pic]]
[[You ask the owner if you may take a photo of their teacup pig->ask pig pic]]
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(set: $pig to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+4)
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[downtown]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
Num Photos = $numPhotos
Total Score = $totalScore
(if:$usingIphone)[Using iPhone]
(if:$isLensScratched)[Scratched Lens]
[[walk towards sea lions]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
Num Photos = $numPhotos
Total Score = $totalScore
(if:$usingIphone)[Using iPhone]
(if:$isLensScratched)[Scratched Lens]
{(if: $swan > 0 and $racoon >0)[
description about how there is nothing important left here
[[downtown]]
](elseif: $swan > 0)[
stuff
[[go to clump of trees]]
[[downtown]]
](elseif: $racoon > 0)[
stuff
[[go to pond]]
[[downtown]]
](else:)[
intro passage
[[go to clump of trees]]
[[go to pond]]
[[downtown]]
]}
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
Num Photos = $numPhotos
Total Score = $totalScore
(if:$usingIphone)[Using iPhone]
(if:$isLensScratched)[Scratched Lens]
[[give racoon candy]]
[[take picture of racoon]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
Num Photos = $numPhotos
Total Score = $totalScore
(if:$usingIphone)[Using iPhone]
(if:$isLensScratched)[Scratched Lens]
[[go to ducks]]
[[go to swans]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[get duck photo]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
Swan starts chasing you
[[run from swan]]
[[get swan photo]]
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(set: $duck to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched is true)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
](elseif: $usingIphone is true)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+4)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[get swan photo]]
[[run from swan]]
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(set: $swan to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched or $usingIphone)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+1)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
]
(set: $isLensScratched to true)
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
swan attacks you. you get the photo, but the swan scratches your camera lens. all future photos with this camera have the same artistic value as the iphone photos (1 point each)
[[go to park]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
(set: $swan to 1)
[[go to park]]
(if: $usingIphone)[
[[take selfie with swan]]
]
For animals:
0 = unencountered
1 = encountered
2 = photo taken
For scores:
4 points = great photo
2 points = photo
0 points = no photo
take all values and divide by 2 when using iphone or scratched lens
List of animals:
1 Chiuaua
good: don't ask owner
normal: afar
bad: ask owner, get no picture
2 Pig
good: ask owner
normal: none
bad: don't ask owner, get no picture
3 Swan
good: none
normal: take selfie with swan after running
bad: take normal photo, lens gets scratched
4 Duck
good: take the photo
normal: none
bad: none
5 Racoon
good:
normal:
bad:
6 Sea Lion
good: lean a little over the edge
normal: stand a few steps back from the edge
bad: lean too far over the edge of the pier, drop your camera. lose ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS
7 Goat being carried like a baby
good: get close
normal: from afar
bad: none
8 Pigeon
good: stay afar, hawk takes it, good photos of both
normal: get close to pigeon
bad: none
9 Hawk
good: stay away from pigeon, good photos of both
normal: get close to pigeon, hear hawk, turn and take pic of hawk
bad: none
10 Golden Retriever (service dog)
good: This dog is so happy that every photo is an amazing photo
normal: none
bad: none
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(set: $swan to 2) (set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1) (set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[go to park]]
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Num Photos = $numPhotos
Total Score = $totalScore
(if:$usingIphone)[Using iPhone]
(if:$isLensScratched)[Scratched Lens]
[[go to class]]
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{(if: $numPhotos < 5)[
[[Recieve your critique->fail]]
](elseif: $totalScore > 13)[
[[Recieve your critique->pass with flying colors]]
](else:)[
[[Recieve your critique->pass]]
]
}
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[[The End->credits]]
PARDON MY DUST! Story under construction!
[[The End->credits]]
PARDON MY DUST! Story under construction!
[[The End->credits]]
Thank you for playing!
Designed and Written by Jessie Adkins
PARDON MY DUST! Story under construction!
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[see a service dog]]
PARDON MY DUST! Story under construction!
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[take the service dog picture]]
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(set: $serviceDog to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched is true)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
](elseif: $usingIphone is true)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+4)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[go home]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[stay where you are]]
[[lean over edge of pier]]
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(set: $seaLion to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched is true)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+1)
](elseif: $usingIphone is true)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+1)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[downtown]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[take photo]]
[[lean more]]
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(set: $seaLion to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched is true)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
](elseif: $usingIphone is true)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+4)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[downtown]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
(set: $usingIphone to true)
(set: $numPhotos to 0)
(set: $totalScore to 0)
You are wobbly on your feet and feel yourself begin to slip...
[[Fall into the bay]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
You have fallen into the bay. You have lost all of your photos, and must now use your iPhone (which was conveniently in a water proof case) to take the remaining photos you need for this class.
[[downtown]]
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(set: $racoon to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched or $usingIphone)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+4)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[go to park]]
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(set: $racoon to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched or $usingIphone)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+1)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[go to park]]
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
{(if: $pigeon > 0 and $hawk > 0)[
description about how there is nothing important left here
[[downtown]]
](else:)[
intro passage
[[move closer to pigeon]]
[[take photo of pigeon]]
]}
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Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
The pigeon is scared away and begins flying, and you hear a noise that sounds like another bird.
[[take photo of pigeon flying]]
[[turn towards noise]]
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A hawk swoops down and takes the pigeon right as you are snapping a photo of it! It's an amazing picture!
(set: $pigeon to 2)(set: $hawk to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched or $usingIphone)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+4)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[downtown]]
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you take a photo of the hawk
(set: $pigeon to 1)(set: $hawk to 2)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched or $usingIphone)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+1)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[downtown]]
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(set: $pigeon to 2)(set: $hawk to 1)(set: $numPhotos=$numPhotos+1)
(if: $isLensScratched or $usingIphone)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+1)
](else:)[
(set: $totalScore=$totalScore+2)
]
Number of Photos: $numPhotos
Equipment: (if:$usingIphone)[iPhone](if:$isLensScratched)[Digital camera with scratched lens](else:)[Digital Camera]
[[downtown]]
What Would You Do for 3 Credit Hours?
By Jessie Adkins
NOTICE: This game is currently incomplete, but totally playable. All of the mechanics work, but I am still writing the story. Stay tuned for the final version!
(set:$numPhotos to 0)(set:$totoalScore to 0)(set:$chiuaua to 0)(set:$pig to 0)(set:$swan to 0)(set:$duck to 0)(set:$racoon to 0)(set:$seaLion to 0)(set:$pigeon to 0)(set:$hawk to 0)(set:$serviceDog to 0)(set:$usingIphone to false)(set:$isLensScratched to false)
[[Start]]