Project Overview
Discover A.W.O.Y.O. (A World Outside Your Own) featuring The Last Moon is my thesis project for my Themed Entertainment Graduate Program at SCAD. I designed an interactive story experience that focuses on spatial innovation, interactive design, and narrative integration that could serve as a blueprint for a themed entertainment model that inspires highly immersive storytelling elements into smaller spaces—exhibiting that stories can be told well, regardless of the spatial limits or constraints of an environment.
For Discover A.W.O.Y.O.’s first use case, I wanted to use a novella I wrote, called The Last Moon, which is loosely based on the Filipino myth, Bakunawa and the Seven Moons. It is a childhood story close to my heart and I desire to share more of the story and Filipino culture with the world. The interactive story experience, Discover A.W.O.Y.O., is designed for any story to become a reality.
Stage: Blue Sky & Concept
Project Duration: 5 Months
My Role
I was the writer, concept designer, illustrator and 3D modeler in this project. I conceptualized all parts of this project, including but not limited to the concept package, show set package, and thesis paper.
Software
ProCreate
Rhino3D
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Design Process
Research
Problem Statement
Thesis Statement & Story Model
Story Conceptualization & Theme
Design Development & Narrative Integration
Guest Experience & Master Plan
Refining Each Zone
Concept Design Package
Refining Designs and Details
Finalizing Designs and Thesis
Zone 5: Tala Forest - Concept Package
