"Mouse" was written for 21W765j,
a class at MIT in interactive narrative.
The idea stems from magazine personality quizzes. It
is not a complete quiz, but is more of a proof of concept. The way the
story works is that the choices given to you in each lexia imply one of
the three possible personality types being "tested" for. So depending on
which catches your attention, you make a choice towards one of the three.
The end of the story depends on the choices you have made. An idea to make
this work better is to have a counter that counts which of the three you
have picked more often and decide which ending you get on that premise.
The storyh as it stands now does not incorporate this, but depending on
which trend you chose, the story leans more towards it and the trend you
follow right before the ending decides which ending you get.
This is just a test of this idea and is not to be taken
seriously. (*disclaimer, disclaimer, for all the lawsuit obsessive out
there, hehe*)
The story suggests a way to make those tests more fun
and make the choices less conscious (and, if written be some really good
psychiatrist, might actually work!).
here goes.
(Prof. Murray, go here)