You heard right folks: the university has been overrun with flesh-hungry zombies! Or maybe they’re just students. Anyway!
This is my final map, the one that ended up becoming my assignment. I know it’s crude-looking (I’m still not very good at digital art), but it took me ages and I actually like it. The concept behind it was fun and I really enjoyed making this map.
For this I used an app on my phone, called ‘Zombies, Run!’ The app is designed both for fitness and entertainment for those who love a good zombie apocalypse. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where the player (affectionately named Runner 5) finds themself crash-landing in the township of Abel (based in the UK) and having to fight their way through a zombie-infested hospital to gather supplies. The story is very in-depth, using a combination of radio transmissions, notifications, warnings and your own personal music playlist. There are many different missions and side quests to choose from, each one following along from the last with the plot progressing new and exciting ways. You can choose from GPS or Accelerometer tracking, which comes into play when the player gets chased by zombies. You’ll have to really run if you want to escape them. Once the mission is completed, the player can expand their home base using the supplies they gathered on their run, ensuring the survival of their townspeople.
I decided to use this app to make a “real life” zombie apocalypse map. It shows my run and where particular events occurred, I traced a map of the campus from a picture on Google Images and edited it to look as though it’s been bloodied and battered. The legend shows a key of what each symbol on the map stands for.
My inspiration for this particular map, and the reason I chose it to be my main project, is because I have always had a fascination with the undead and whether or not it could be a real-life possibility. I wanted to express that interest in this map by making it as realistic as possible. I’ve decided to turn it into a sort of semi-interactive thing with creepy music and maybe some props or something. I want this map to make people almost think that it’s real, and think about the “what if” that has seemed to be a running theme for me during this whole project.
I hope this is enough for a pass, even though it’s not pretty. I worked hard on it! I hope it gets some good reviews 🙂
Olivia's World of Creation 