August 30th, 2010

Laura Simpson Summer Thesis Research

Domains of Summer Research

Memory Reconstruction of Narrative

ConversationInteractionTheory

Time Based Visuals

LETHE

A casual first-person narrative memory game, with visuospatial action minigames; “It’s Tetris meets Memento”

Jess  Haskins  |  Laura  Simpson  |  Astra  Wijaya  

LETHEInspira8on

o Oxford study, 2010: Tetris is effective as a “PTSD vaccine” following a traumatic event

Concept

o The Lethe Institute, a therapeutic “play clinic” for trauma victims

o You are a patient reflecting back on your time there; narrative told through cutscenes in reverse chronological order (Memento-style)

o Play “therapeutic” visuospatial minigames (Tetris, tangrams, sliding block puzzles)

o Play a visual memory game as you try to reconstruct missing events by working backward

Harvest Works

Visual Step Sequencer

Wii Controlled Sequencer

InterActive Music New York

“Workout Steady”

Musical Voices

Lethe

“Amazing Bruises”

What Now?

TEI 2011

Academic Career Preparation

Scribbling Speech/Mental X-section