Attractor Maps — Example Using URU

Charlene Beirowski and Edwin Blake

So here you are: now what?

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look leftLets check that out

Environment Descriptionsign

gate

trailer

Zandi

windmill

cleft

tree

Dry bonesWahrk Skeleton Broken metal

bits (Telescope wreckage from Riven)

Dormant Volcano

Fence around volcano

ladder

Fence aro

und desert

Initial Concept Painting

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Josh Staub's (art director for URU) “2D Conceptual Matte painting of the cleft

desert area” (Photoshop)

Click on avatar at a position to see competing attractors

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Position 6

Position 5Position 4

Position 3

Position 2

Position 1

Audio

Other ways to move the action along ...

attractors

3

4

5

2

Back

Click on to see flow chart. Click on to see attractor

1

Position 1

Gate

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Wahrk Skeleton

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Cleft and Surrounds

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Windmill

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Zandi — Interactions

To Trigger Dude (Zandi) to talk → walk into his area

Click is used to interact with objects.

Can click on:Clothes

windmill brake

windmill lever

water bucket lever

to pick up letter

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Attractor Decisions, Position 1

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Windmill?Tree at Cleft?

Sign?Trailer?

Y

N N N

Y Y Y

N

Avatarat new position

Zandi atTrailerSpeaks

Go downstairs

Look forcloth

Windmill Interaction

Cloths = 0 and Windmill brake = on

back Positions map

interactions

Attractor decision by player

Vultures?N

Cloth onbones

attractors

Click on to see flow chart. Click on to see attractor

3

21

Back

Position 2

Attractor Decisions, Position 2

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Zandi at trailer?

Windmill? Tree?

Y

N N N

Y Y

ExploreCleft &Go downladder

InteractWith windmill

Radio music,Zandi speaks

Cloths = 0 and Windmill brake = on

back Positions map

interactions

Attractor decision by player

Avatarat new position

Position 3

attractors

Click on to see flow chart. Click on to see attractor.

2

2

1

Back

Attractor Decisions, Position 3

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Windmill? Cloth?

Y

N N N

Y Y

ExploreCleft &Go downladder

InteractWith windmill

Cloths = 0 and Windmill brake = on

back Positions map

Cleft?

Get clothOn backOf van

interactions

Attractor decision by player

Avatarat new position

Position 4

attractors3

1

2

Back

Click on to see flow chart. Click on to see attractor.

Telescope wreckage from Riven

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Attractor Decisions, Position 4

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Metal bits? Cleft?

Y

N N N

Y Y

ExploreCleft &Go downladder

Cant domuch

Cloths = 0 and windmillbrake = on

back Positions map

Vultures?

Go to Bones &Get cloth

interactions

Attractor decision by player

Avatarat new position

Position 5

attractors

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Back Click on to see flow chart. Click on to see attractor.

Attractor Decisions, Position 5

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bones?N

Y

Cloth onbones

Cloths = 0 and windmillbrake = on

back Positions map

interactions

Attractor decision by player

Avatarat new position

Wahrk Close Up

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Position 6

2

1

attractors

Back Click on to see flow chart. Click on to see attractor.

Attractor Decisions, Position 6

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vultures?

Y

N N

Y

Leads toCloth behind sign

Leads toCloth on bones

Cloths = 0 and windmillbrake = on

back Positions map

sign?

interactions

Attractor decision by player

Avatarat new position

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Audio

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grasshopper

Vulture1

Vulture2

vulture3

vulture4

vulture5

katydidcicada1

cicada2

Cicada3

Main wind loop

Wind anim loop

Desert ambient loop

Back

OTHER WAYS TO MOVE NARRATIVE ALONG ...

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Game Rules

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Brake for windmill: push lever in room 1, brake → off

Windmill lever: if brake = off, and lever pushed, windmill → on

Journey Cloths

The Journey cloths are collected and the last Journey cloth that is touched in a particular age becomes the return location to that age.

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Game Rules

IICloths (7) collect to progress

to next narrative state. Cloth locations:

1.Behind sign at start2.Side of Trailer 3.Dinosaur bones4.Room 3 on wall5.Room 2 on wall: windmill = on & combination = correct &

blue com = pushed6.Room 2 on door: windmill = on & door 2 = closed & door 1 =

open7.Water bucket: brake = off & foot pedal = pushed8.If Cloths ≡ 7, and click on tree, go to next narrative state

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Game Rules

III

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Message in room 3 Wall puzzle: enter in combination; press button

Yisha comes to life and tells a message

at this time room cloth appears on wall

Game Rules

IV

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Water bucket contraption: Lever of the bucket must be pressed and then water

bucket will move down, iff the windmill is on.

Game Rules

V

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Once all cloths are obtained and player has message, then can proceed to the next narrative state

entered via tree: same design as the cloth logos.

this ensures that the player makes the association between the cloths and going through the tree

Clicking on the tree won’t work, until all cloths taken