An illogical world

To emphasize the meaning behind the control and what the character is to represent as a puppet master, I have thought of steering back to one of my original concepts of the impact technology is having on our lives.

If the game character is to represent technology or be the cause that results in technology than the puzzle world itself can represent a life that is living without it. As the puzzle is to be further solved the world will be affected by technology (or a representation of it), because the game character will need these technologies to keep moving. This is to show the juxtaposition between the character who cannot be situated in such an environment and a world that can live in laborious chaotic ways without technology. As we have designed our life around technology in current times it would be seen as absurd to be in a functionable world without it.  The impact the player has by changing this world by using technology will subsequently be the underline for what we as humans have allowed technology to be the dependance of our lives.

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I thought this compared well to a Mickey Mouse cartoon in which Mickey and Minnie went to a town that is backwards in everything it does. From the clouds to the way they wear their socks, the town is abnormal to us but can function fine on its own. Mickey and Minnie however have difficulty to get by in such a place and cause havoc for the town until their fates are decided for them. This story ended in an opposite way to what they had expected by being punished with paradise. I am wanting to do something similar in structure but opposite in outcome. The player is to think they are fixing the world instead of causing havoc. The player is to find out they were manipulated into ruining the world instead of falling into a relaxing and joyous punishment.

Topsy Turvy Town

This can become very complex very quickly and could easily have problematic holes. I do not plan on this being a priority step in the project right now but a step to make the project itself better.

References

David Wygant: Can You Survive Without Technology. (n.d.). Retrieved September 2, 2012, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wygant/can-you-survive-without-t_b_1245526.html

Topsy Turvy Town (1999) [Better Quality]. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-oOU0PhL2I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

What Would Happen If Technology Was Gone for a Day? (n.d.).eHow. Retrieved September 2, 2012, from http://www.ehow.com/info_8750907_would-happen-technology-gone-day.html