Group Five

Laura Ann Young (lay4a@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU)
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:11:06 -0400 (EDT)

I really enjoy the new entry point, it's a classic mystery
opening. I think you picked a really good genre to work with in
that mysteries, especially the choose your own adventure
mysteries, are perfectly suited to the web. The slight delay and
the fragmentation of the narrative really increases the effect
of the tale.

There are still some pretty serious problems with the images
obscuring text. (I know, if I choose to work on a Mac I
shouldn't complain) The text on my screen, for the intro with
the huge cathedral and the mapped doors, was completely hidden.
Couldn't read any of it. One other thing with the images, I
remember them being much clearer when I last looked at this
project. I'm not sure if it's because of an interlace command,
or because of the screen resolution on this mac or what.
Anyway, it's kind of cool becuase having them fuzzier makes
them look more freaky and more mysterious. It adds to the
effect.

I can't decide if I like the randomizing. In a way I'd like to
be able to follow a single story, but on the other hand I think
it's good becuase there is a blending of all these
supernatural encounters into one huge body of overwhelming
evidence that "there's something out there!" In that sense the
randomizing works well in that all the characters become one
huge frightening demon in the mind of the visitor.

The ending page is great. It really gives closure after a
fragmented experience and I think it's wonderful to bring all
of that together and asking the visitor to reflect and not just
to leave screaming. I loved the page where suddenly a gargoyle
appears at the top. I think was very very neat and very
unexpected and if you were able to do it in other instances it
would be cool. The images throughout this project are wonderful
so congratulations. The only thing to think about is getting
this to be a little smaller maybe, or putting them in tables as
Prof.Unsworth suggested.

Very cool project!
Sincerely, Laura

P.S. in ant7y/polgergeists/3/ there is a small error I think...
"i was very frightening", I'm not sure which you meant it to
be, it, or frightened, or just how it is