Travis Bach Graphic Designer

Undergraudate Thesis Project

2009, June

– new media, electronic, GPS, outdoors, narrative, interactive, thesis

My thesis paper centered on embracing creativity and innovation. My thesis project is about showcasing those qualities on the Oregon State University campus in a creative and innovative way.

I created an interactive game that allows the user to explore a space and see that space in a new way. The physical world becomes the background for an engaging story-line and location-specific virtual entertainment. Players interact with objects both digitally (within the GPS) and physically (hidden objects). This blending of reality and fiction plays an important role the player’s engagement in the game.

The game relies heavily on GPS technology for much of the game play.

You can download a walkthrough of the project here.