Saturday, August 1, 2009

Visualization

This was mainly done to get a practical idea of any of the businesses and visualize it very well knowing every inch and mile. I chose the mahout, Keshavan for this and created an interactive game where in you choose Sree Durga as a character.
Playing as an elephant, you gould go to:
The Shed
Temple
Fields
Lake
Free in the forest
Once you enter into the shed, you play as the mahout. You are given a choice of how much you'd like to feed Sree Durga. Feeding it little would not provide it enough energy to move around other places. Feeding it too much would require more rest in the lake. More than that would lead to the elephant's death. So would not feeding it. That would bare a cost on your livelyhood.

Similarly, in the temple you play as the mahout. Here once you allow people to worship it, you earn some cash. There would be kids who'd like to sit on the backs of elephants. You can charge a fee for them to play on it. This task isn't easy. There's something known as Frustartion Level (FL). Sree Durga isn't always patient. As more and more worshippers arrive, the FL increases. Kids playing on the back could rapidly inc the FL. So don't get too greedy, if the elephant gets too frustarted it could go on a rampage killing everyone in the temple and you'd lose your job.

Sree Durga must be taken for a walk for three days a week in the fields and must be set free. This would dec the FL in the temple. Again when its free, carefully moniter what it does and dont let it go out of the fields. You know what would happen to you if it does?

The lake is a scenario where you as a mahout and the elephant can spend quality time together relaxing. This would inc Bonding Level(BL) and dec Frustartion Level(FL).

The last option is releasing it in the forest. The game ends here. On one hand, you are setting a life free of troubles, i.e for Sree Durga and on the other you cost a whole livelihood for Keshavan which could lead him to take drastic measures.

The game is not yet up for grabs, it'll req some more coding but here are some pics:




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