Thursday, February 09, 2006

It's all about the Users...Duncan Speakman

Duncan, being a digital artist and along with Tim serving as both conceptual and technical advisor for this project had quite a good grasp of the project before he went in.
However, his enthusiasm when he came out of the experience was certainly good for morale within the three of us who designed the piece.

Duncan engaged well with the experience, and even though he knew quite clearly the direction the piece was going in, he was pleased and surprised by the path he took through the Beach and (having taken the time after the experience to give us a short debrief) said how "I still felt like there was so much to explore, that my choices unlocked certain paths but stopped me from taking other ones".

Duncan managed to reach the very end of the experience, and like Tim before him, joined in the performative aspect by coming out and saying "(Snivitz) says my progress can't be saved and that I should see an Administrator".

And not surprisingly:

Snivitz: "What is your favourite colour?"
Duncan: "Blue"