Ellis Island: Character Creation Wireframe and Interaction Flowchart

1. Ellis Island:Character Creation Wireframe and Interaction Flowchart

2. Notes -The seal is placeholder art. It would be great if we could find a crest for Ellis Island, otherwise the artists could fake one. -This page should be styled to look like a manila envelope, it would be cool if we had a page-turning graphic. -This screen auto advances to the next one. Ellis Island Immigration Forms Physician: Please step forward. We need to conduct a health examination.

3. [Official sounding Ellis Medical form name] Notes -Blue objects are interactive. -We should age the page. There is also a lot of white space for artists to make this page look like an old health form. -I had one idea: We could have a list of features (Hair, Eyes, Weight, Age) that could conform to the avatar selected. It’s a lot of variables to keep track of, so maybe it would be better to include in a later version (it also only makes sense when we have multiple avatars to choose from). Click box to add a check mark. Toggles male/female model Male Female Avatar viewer Click arrows to cycle through avatars Proceed to next page Physician: Alright. Let me get a look at you.

4. Notes -The doctor closes the folder when he directs you to the immigration officer. -The screen again auto-advances to the following one. Ellis Island Immigration Forms Physician: Eyes good…Healthy lungs. No Cholera. Everything looks okay. Please talk to the Immigration Officer, over there.

5. [Official-Sounding Immigration Form-name] Notes -After you type in your name, the dialog box changes to: “Yeah, I guess that will work. Now, where are you coming from?” -When we have more flags to choose from, the country of origin box will be scrollable. -If you try to progress without selecting a name “Come on, what are you gonna yourself?” -If you try to progress without selecting a country: “I’m sorry, where are you from?” Name: Player types his character name in here This box gives info about the country Country of Origin: Click on a flag to determine your origin. Back to health exam Click to proceed Immigration Officer: Welcome to America (Mr/Ms)… How do you pronounce that? Look this won’t work here. You need a good American name.

6. [Official-Sounding Immigration Form-name] Notes -If player selects “Why does it matter?” Dialog box changes to “I want to make sure you’ll be a productive member of society. What you did there will determine what you are capable of here.” -If the player selects… Soldier: “Hope you were fighting on the right side.” Teacher: “I don’t know what you can teach here with that accent.” Salesman: “Just don’t try to sell me anything and we’ll get along fine.” -Occupation buttons will scroll when there are more of them. Occupation: “What does it matter?” “I was a soldier.” “I was a teacher.” “I was a salesman.” Selects this background. Shows background’s stats, and maybe a picture or icon. This is to show you have money as you arrive in America Money: $5 Click to go back Click to proceed Immigration Officer: (country name). What did you do there?

7. [Official-Sounding Immigration Form-name] Notes -If the player says he doesn’t know anybody, the IO says: “Aw jeez, I don’t know what you heard in the old country but you have to know somebody to get ahead here. Listen, talk to [contact 2]. They should be able to set you up with some work. -When you click conclude, you get a message informing you that a new contact has been added to your notebook. You then appear in the game world. Relations: [I know somebody] The contact you will know is different for each Country. [I don’t know anybody] If you don’t know anybody the IO will give you a contact. These contacts also vary depending on your country of origin. Previous screen Click to conclude Immigration Officer: Do you know anybody in America?