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Experiments and Prototypes

The Laboratory

Where uncertain ideas are tested in public.

The Laboratory holds interaction studies, case-study cells, image-sequence thinking, 3D experiments, and paused directions. Each experiment states what it is testing.

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A background environment from the Appalache Estate interactive prototype.
Experimental work is allowed to vary, but it stays labeled.

Room Brief

Where uncertain ideas are tested in public.

Room Purpose
Show invention without diluting the flagship case study.
Current States
Observation, prototype, in development, paused, archived.
Signature Test
The GSAP case-study cells wall.

Prototype

Case-study cells make the archive touchable.

Appalache assets break into draggable cells, drift, reorder, and expand into sections like World, Characters, Chapters, Tech, and Outcomes.

  • Scramble intro
  • Drag to drift
  • Click to detail
  • Reduced-motion fallback

Sequence

Image motion should explain, not distract.

Image-sequence and gallery experiments are reserved for moments where movement clarifies transformation: blockout to final, sketch to model, model to playable estate.

A gameplay screenshot from the Appalache statue garden.
Motion studies should make spatial relationships easier to read.

Low Power

The impressive version cannot be the only usable version.

Every experimental interaction needs static fallback content, reduced-motion behavior, and a clear way to keep reading if a heavy asset is skipped.

Skybox

Generated horizons can be tested before they enter the world.

The Skybox Upload Room lets a downloaded Skybox AI panorama be previewed locally as a 360 environment, so atmosphere can be judged before it becomes a scene asset.

An atmospheric Appalache environment used as a skybox testing reference.
Experimental sky and horizon tests belong in the Laboratory until they prove their place.

Selected Material

Images are treated as evidence.

A gameplay screenshot of an Appalache conservatory exterior.
Game environments become exhibition evidence.
A gameplay character dialogue scene.
Prototype scenes show world behavior.
The Appalache Estate game launch image.
The playable layer stays linked to the wider case study.
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