Roses of the Rubble
Shortlisted for the Yugo BAFTA Student Award in “Immersive”
2022
Role: Writing Director
Sponsored by ZEPETO in partnership with the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Immersive Institute ↗︎ (TXI), the graduating class of TXI combines live theater, escape room puzzle mechanics, and immersive technology to produce a one-of-a-kind showcase.
220 attendees
2 nights
1 story
The Ask
Create a phygital (physical-digital) fashion experience incorporating ZEPETO technology and educating users about Web3 concepts
The Solution
A two-night exclusive event that blends immersive theatre and escape room mechanics to create easily digestible modules about Web3
Welcome to Trixi’s Quarter
It all begins with a story. As writing lead, I oversaw a staff of talented writers in their development of characters, story beats, in-world lore, and promotional materials (including a media kit and news releases shared with the local press.)
We worked closely with the interactive design, multimedia, development, and installation teams to transfer the universe and interactions we envisioned from paper to place, as well as with the actors cast to bring the roles to life. Throughout the installation, users found love letters written between characters, wanted posters featuring the characters, and even newspaper articles published about their backgrounds. We fleshed out each of the interactions and mini-games with dialogue and additional lore and world-building information for users who wanted to dive deeper.
The script (~40 minutes of dialogue and story beats) spans the story and character introductions, the four main acts (which can be completed in any order), the finale, as well as sample dialogue for actors to use when onboarding and offboarding users.
Please inquire for full script.
