Introduction

After finishing my thesis project which focused on the relation between the social position of women in developing countries and water scarcity, Sahar of UN Women asked if I would be interested in doing another interactive project for Orange the World.

First meeting - September 17th

What is Orange the world?

Orange the world is an initiative started by UN Women Nederland. It's a fundraiser project which focuses on violence against women and girls.

What does Orange the world want?

UN Women wants a game like app which tells the story of Hindolo a man that live is Sierra Leone. Hindolo visits villages to go talk to women and girls about violence, especially sexual violence. The main concept behind the application is that Orange the World donors can visit the application online and follow the route Hindolo has to walk everyday. The main takeaway here should be the conversations with women and girls he has along his journey and the time it takes him to complete all these conversations. The main goal of the application is that it has to give users insight in the problem of violence against women and girls in Sierra Leone in an interactive way.

Mapbox camera control

One of the options would be to have users controlling the camera with an absolute positioned element in front of the map. The element would resemble the player character(current position of the user on the map). One of the main issues with this method is that users wouldn't be walking over the map as they essentially are controlling the camera. This means they are basically flying over the map which might not be the approach we're looking for.

Pro's

• Gives the feeling you are flying over the map

Cons

• No collision detection
• Not really walking across the map, you're controlling the camera
• Gives the feeling you are flying over the map

Camera control demo

Linear story

The advantage of using a linear story is that there's a lot of control in which direction you can send the users attention.

Pro's

• Gives the feeling you are flying over the map

Cons

• Static

Unity based game

A Unity based 3d game would ba a nice solution. Mapbox offers a SDK where you can use their assets freely and there's a lot of room for innovative interactions here. It's for example possible to make a location based game, AR-game or something different.

Pro's

• WEBGL support which means it can run in the browser

Cons

• WEBGL support doesn't always work on mobile browsers

• Static