This paper describes the creation of Temporary, an interactive, story-based experience. Temporary tells the story of my grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. It is an illustrated journey, depicting a day at my grandmother’s room in a nursing home. The interactive storytelling system relies on simple participation of users, who run the story by pressing a button repeatedly. By attaching illustrations and sounds, the story experience is enriched with a relevant atmosphere. Temporary is also addressing non-linear storytelling and the importance of user actions to unravel a story. This paper will present the decisions I made while designing a system suitable for a specific subject matter and my attempts to evoke users’ emotional response, without the use of sophisticated methods or a complex plot.
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