Off the Map: Part 1

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was a fantastical and entertaining story written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll (really Charles Dodgeson) and received worldwide success and has been a major landmark in the literature world ever since.

It is now the 150th anniversary of the year when Lewis Carroll wrote that famous book and as such the British Library has decided to make an exhibition about the novel and the man behind it. Because of this occasion the British Library has decided to make Alice's Adventures in Wonderland it's theme for the annual Off the Map competition. This event involves teams creating a small game based on assets given to us by the British Library taking inspirations from the book, the original manuscript and the diary of charles dodgeson. There are also three minor themes that the game/level has to be linked to but there can be elements from all three. These brackets are Oxford, Underground and Gardens.

John Tenniel's original illustrations have defined the look of Alice through her adventures for generations.

 This is an exciting project to be given because it has a lot of scope for where you can take it. This wide scope is not only limited to the art part of the project but also in terms of the game play and interactivity side of the project there are lots of options in not only how a game can be made but also what platform and technology it can utilize.

Oxford is one of the possible themes

This project will continue until the end of the academic year so is important not only because its an external competition but also because it will have a massive effect on my progress through university. As such the blog next several post will be about my progress through this exciting project.