**Artscience Lab Internship 2024**

*The following are some of the projects we are working on at
[Art Science Laboratory](https://artscienceblr.org/) on campus at Srishti Manipal Institute

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**The VR Game/Experience Project**

**Brief:**
Design and execute a game or VR experience.

**Delivables by end of internship:**
- Concept Art
- 2d/3d game assets
- Playable Prototype

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*20/05/2024 Meeting Notes*

Idea Bucket:

**Joshayet:**
- Insomnia based experience/adventure
- Emotions.. specifically grief..
- Man on Death Row - Myran S and his paintiings

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**Manmita:**
- [Folk Tale](https://www.worldoftales.com/Asian_folktales/Indian_folktale_24.html#gsc.tab=0) - Tale of an enraged queen and a fish that laughed at her.
- Emotions - Perhaps a series of conversations with people who speak about their memories & emotions.
- experiential vr video .. A normal seeming mela that the player slowly discovers (while interacting with the characters -shopkeepers,customers,etc) that the mela is twisted.

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Nipun:

**Samar:**
- claustrophobia
- open world exploratiion like Firewatch

**Yashas:**
- Holy mountain
- Color of Pomegranates

**Chaitanya:**
- Scanner Sombre- Unique use of visuals and gameplay
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8NFlo9FEfaY?si=dE7c_8ziUA4n76J8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

- Spatial as a possible platform for a rapid proto by end of the internship
*Links: *
Making of this scene can be studied [here](https://hackmd.io/@chaitanyak/vranimation#Upskilling-in-Metaverse-Tech).