Comments on: Nonlinear Books http://wireframes.linowski.ca/2010/04/nonlinear-narrative-books/ Because every IA has something funky up their sleeve Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nonlinear http://wireframes.linowski.ca/2010/04/nonlinear-narrative-books/comment-page-1/#comment-25999 nonlinear Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:06:04 +0000 http://wireframes.linowski.ca/?p=2278#comment-25999 How Interesting. I've been thinking of designing this type of 'read'. I love choices in video games. Dragon Age: Origins is a perfect example of a great game many moral choices which determine various outcomes or endings. It can be played from the pov of various characters (which in a book format would be difficult) but the moral choices are heavy and outcomes unknown which make the 'story line' enjoyable (non-linear). We are now in at place where technology will allow 'book programs with choices' ... devices such as the Kindle from Amazon, the various phones or even website featuring a certain genre - The basic program 'book' can be purchased - downloaded to Kindle, Phone etc. for a small fee, BUT the choices also must be purchased - read through to the 'next choice/decision' again a purchase is made to continue. Another thought a small ''sim/avatar' program can be added to 'create' the hero or heroine just for the fun of it. Kids today can still be brought back to good ol' fashion reading as oppose to spending hours on gaming - I think it would be a beautiful marriage of reading and tech How Interesting. I've been thinking of designing this type of 'read'. I love choices in video games. Dragon Age: Origins is a perfect example of a great game many moral choices which determine various outcomes or endings. It can be played from the pov of various characters (which in a book format would be difficult) but the moral choices are heavy and outcomes unknown which make the 'story line' enjoyable (non-linear).

We are now in at place where technology will allow 'book programs with choices' … devices such as the Kindle from Amazon, the various phones or even website featuring a certain genre –

The basic program 'book' can be purchased – downloaded to Kindle, Phone etc. for a small fee, BUT the choices also must be purchased – read through to the 'next choice/decision' again a purchase is made to continue.

Another thought a small ''sim/avatar' program can be added to 'create' the hero or heroine just for the fun of it.

Kids today can still be brought back to good ol' fashion reading as oppose to spending hours on gaming – I think it would be a beautiful marriage of reading and tech

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