THESIS
For my senior thesis, I took on the process of adapting the book Ready Player One to another medium, into a video game. In addition, I adapted a pair of gloves using the Makey-Makey to play the game. The goal was to have an interactive exhibit for the thesis show and I was excited to have a product people could come out and play.
ABOUT READY PLAYER ONE
The book Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, is about Wade Watts who lives out his life in the popular game called the OASIS. The OASIS is the basis for life: you go to school there, get a job, fall in love...etc. When James Halliday (also known as the wizard Anorak), the creator of the game, dies he creates a competition to find easter eggs and keys. The winner will win riches and glory, as well as ownership of the game.
BEHIND THE GAME – GUNTER
In the book, the players who join in the competition to find the eggs are commonly called Gunters, combining the words 'egg' and 'hunter'. The mark of a true Gunter is when someone has created their own game. The game map of Gunter is inspired by the layout of a Dungeons & Dragons game because Parzival (Wade Watts) has to navigate the same terrain to obtain the first key.
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