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The Seasons Of Genji, Elizabeth Mudry
The Seasons Of Genji, Elizabeth Mudry
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Artist Statement
The Seasons of Genji
The Tale of Genji was written for Empress Fujiwara no Shoshi by Murasaki Shikibu, a fellow court noblewoman, during the Heian Period of Japan (794 AD to 1185 AD). One could dismiss The Tale of Genji as a romantic tale of a prince and his lovers, a story full of beauty, poetry, and women named after flowers. While Genji is a shining prince with poetic affairs, the focus of the tale never lingers too long on the sweetness of love. Rather, the tale explores the cycles that grip Genji’s life and the control they …
Programming Proletarian Literature: Kobayashi Takiji’S "Kani Kôsen" And Gaming As Reading, Jacob Philip Fisher
Programming Proletarian Literature: Kobayashi Takiji’S "Kani Kôsen" And Gaming As Reading, Jacob Philip Fisher
Senior Projects Spring 2019
Abstract
This project translates a novel, Kobayashi Takiji’s, Kani Kôsen (The Crab Cannery Ship, 1929) into a video game. As a joint project between Computer Science and Japanese, its focus is to develop a game for the original Game Boy (1989) narratively based on a work of Japanese proletarian literature. Specific tools used in development were the Game Boy emulator: bgb, the Game Boy Developers Kit (gbdk), the Game Boy CPU manual, as well as a foundation in the C programming language, and some lower level systems experience. Being based on a novel, the play style utilizes text …
Fuji Sukiyaki Business Identity, Adriana Ngau
Fuji Sukiyaki Business Identity, Adriana Ngau
Art and Design
This paper documents the research and procedures that went into the creation of a business identity that includes a logotype, menu, business card, letterhead, envelope, monthly sales report sheet, gift certificate, drinks list and posters for Fuji Sukiyaki. The paper describes the final outcome and general conclusions about the project, and concludes by offering recommendations for further study that could result from this project.