Chapter 1 – Page 40
This was a fun little experiment – the first time I’ve ever done animated comic pages. Cuz you can do that with webcomics!
The ability to create pages in motion was a big motivation for why I wanted to tell this story as a webcomic in the first place. Even as a regular comic, these kinds of interactions just wouldn’t be possible, and the story idea I had in mind was severely limited by the previous media I used to tell it.
After many years searching I’ve finally found a way of depicting what a text user interface looks like from inside a little girl’s skull. I hope you’re as excited about the possibilities as I am.
↓ Transcript
Full-page panel:
Black.
INTERFACE:
|Command not recognised “uurglhgloogh”
|Performing Autoscan
[---|------]
[-------|--]
[--|-------]
|Result found!
|Downloading {Zork Adventure Interface} from Noosphere [0%---33%---66%---100%]
|Installing UI – Please do not turn off your functioning organs
|...Installation Complete - Beginning Startup
|Preparing UI for first use
|System Diagnostics [||||------]
|Hardware: Homo Sapiens Sapiens v0.7f
|System: Queen Alice Conduit – Max Bandwidth
|Input: 4/4 Modern Acoustic String {UNEQUIPPED}
|Lifesigns: Normal
|WARNING: Level of Passive Consciousness Below Recommended 20% for Standard Operation
|Rebooting into Sleep Mode [|||-------]
|Activating Cognition
|Activating Internal Clock
|Activating Consciousness - Loading Senses
|Touch Loaded
|Taste/Smell Loaded
|Psychic Senses Not Loaded - Minimum Hardware Specifications Not Met
|Hearing Loaded
|ERROR - Insufficient Stamina to Load Sight
WORDING (unseen): -our best medics looked after-
PITA (unseen): No lesions? No sign of concussion? You conducted a full reflex test? You are certain there is nothing wrong with her?
Dialogue is white text in round-edged blue rectangle with speaker listed in corner, like a Final Fantasy game.
Black.
INTERFACE:
|Command not recognised “uurglhgloogh”
|Performing Autoscan
[---|------]
[-------|--]
[--|-------]
|Result found!
|Downloading {Zork Adventure Interface} from Noosphere [0%---33%---66%---100%]
|Installing UI – Please do not turn off your functioning organs
|...Installation Complete - Beginning Startup
|Preparing UI for first use
|System Diagnostics [||||------]
|Hardware: Homo Sapiens Sapiens v0.7f
|System: Queen Alice Conduit – Max Bandwidth
|Input: 4/4 Modern Acoustic String {UNEQUIPPED}
|Lifesigns: Normal
|WARNING: Level of Passive Consciousness Below Recommended 20% for Standard Operation
|Rebooting into Sleep Mode [|||-------]
|Activating Cognition
|Activating Internal Clock
|Activating Consciousness - Loading Senses
|Touch Loaded
|Taste/Smell Loaded
|Psychic Senses Not Loaded - Minimum Hardware Specifications Not Met
|Hearing Loaded
|ERROR - Insufficient Stamina to Load Sight
WORDING (unseen): -our best medics looked after-
PITA (unseen): No lesions? No sign of concussion? You conducted a full reflex test? You are certain there is nothing wrong with her?
Dialogue is white text in round-edged blue rectangle with speaker listed in corner, like a Final Fantasy game.