Idea #1: User-Created Fantasy WorldMy idea is for a constantly growing (fantasy or other) world created by user-submitted artwork and stories. It
will essentially be a database of art and stories all related and cross-linking with one another and taking place in the same fictional world.
Inspirations: Wikipedia.com, Elfwood.com, DeviantArt.com, Google Maps, the rise of user-submitted artwork and stories online and the popularity of social networking sites
Here are some of the main functions that can be performed on the site and a description of how they might work:
View the World Map
Users can view a world map and click on specific locations to go to a page with artwork and descriptions of that specific location. Here there are also links to short stories which take place in that area or refer to it. Also the page for each specific region will include lists of characters, landmarks, creatures and other things located within that area. All of these things will be linkable and have their own pages also with artwork and descriptions. The page for each region will also have links to connecting regions or allow you to go back to the world map view.
Artwork Submissions
Users can submit artwork for any character, landmark, creature, item or other thing that already exists in the world. This can be a drawing, painting, photo manipulation, 3-d rendering or other original artwork in an image format. Nothing Copyrighted will be accepted.
Story Submissions
Users can write short stories and upload them and then create links within their stories to already existing regions, creatures, items, and characters.
Adding to the World
In order to keep the world constantly growing, but for already existing characters and regions to have more depth, artwork and lore. New users cannot create new regions, characters, creatures or other things existing in the world until they have already submitted a certain amount of artwork or stories. The number of submissions a user has, how popular their submissions are, and how other users rated their submissions determines the amount of “points” they earn. Depending on the number of points they have, the user can then create a certain number of new regions, characters and creatures. The idea is that after contributing to the already existing world, users will be able to continue expanding the world and then newer users will add artwork and stories further adding to those. The point restrictions for adding new content will be fairly lenient to allow for lots of user creativity.
Adding a New Region to the Map
When a user has earned enough points he can then add a new region to the map. When creating a new region he can then name the region, select what color it will appear on the map and give a description of the vegetation, climate, inhabitants and more.
Ongoing Story
There will also be an ongoing main story that users will be able to continue on to. Possibly only users that already have positive-rated story submissions can contribute to this. There should also be a restriction to how long each addition to the story has to be. The ongoing story will also take place in the user-created world and link to related stories, places and things that already exist in the world.
Users can write short stories and upload them and then create links within their stories to already existing regions, creatures, items, and characters.
Adding to the World
In order to keep the world constantly growing, but for already existing characters and regions to have more depth, artwork and lore. New users cannot create new regions, characters, creatures or other things existing in the world until they have already submitted a certain amount of artwork or stories. The number of submissions a user has, how popular their submissions are, and how other users rated their submissions determines the amount of “points” they earn. Depending on the number of points they have, the user can then create a certain number of new regions, characters and creatures. The idea is that after contributing to the already existing world, users will be able to continue expanding the world and then newer users will add artwork and stories further adding to those. The point restrictions for adding new content will be fairly lenient to allow for lots of user creativity.
Adding a New Region to the Map
When a user has earned enough points he can then add a new region to the map. When creating a new region he can then name the region, select what color it will appear on the map and give a description of the vegetation, climate, inhabitants and more.
Ongoing Story
There will also be an ongoing main story that users will be able to continue on to. Possibly only users that already have positive-rated story submissions can contribute to this. There should also be a restriction to how long each addition to the story has to be. The ongoing story will also take place in the user-created world and link to related stories, places and things that already exist in the world.
Concept Name
Pass the Peace (or Pass the Piece, something cheesy like that)
Background
The inspiration for this idea comes from a TV commercial for a laptop where it showed a series of clips of a person, in a unique location, passing a laptop from the left of the screen to the right. It was edited in such a way to give the appearance that the laptop was being passed from person to person as if there were no physical or time boundaries. The process for this idea draws from the growing popularity of user-generated content, in this case, videos such as on Youtube and other public video-sharing sites. The tools to manipulate these pieces of user-generated video can be online video editors such as JumpCut.
Database of Action-Oriented Videos
In order to allow users to generate their own videos, and edit meaningful sequences of clips to convey a desired message, Pass the Piece will ask users with ideas to make a public call for submissions based on their requirements. For example, if we wanted to create a video of people passing a peace sign around the world (to produce the aforementioned illusion), we would then use Pass the Piece to articulate our requirements for how long clips should be, what the actors should do, and any other relevant instructions. Once the call is made public (and it could also be a private call to a closed group), other users can follow the instructions to replicate their own version or interpretation. There would also be a tagging or alert mechanism to flag these videos to this specific call for submissions.
In addition to making public calls for content submission, the videos themselves can also be public and be available for any other user to sequence into their own version (or vision) of the original message. This can also be a method for "crowdsourcing" creativity in generating the best video sequence among all the available clips.
Capacity for Social Networking
Creating these videos can also be a means for connecting with others who share similar values to you. For example, if a family wants to portray an important tradition they have passed from generation to generation, Pass the Piece allows you to share the activity with relatives who also engage in the same traditions. There does not necessarily have to be an "ending" to these videos but rather a continuous sequence of videos as time goes on. You can also discover and share traditions, beliefs, and causes, both new and old, with others not related to you.
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