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Press A to change your life: 'Otis' and the new American cinema
Reality is a lie. Everything we experience is filtered through thick veils of of personal baggage, self-interest and delusion, constantly skewing the world into the most comforting state possible. Universes of fragile concepts stand between what you think happened and what actually happened. Otis shines a detective's flashlight on this dissonance between reality and personal experience. It's an interactive crime drama that allows the audience to shift perspectives among three characters at will, telling a single story from disparate points of view. In the free online prototype, viewers press A, S or D on the keyboard to instantly swap perspectives among a babysitter, a father and a man intent on robbing their house. Otis doesn't pause when the perspective changes; the story carries on for all three characters. This means audience members will miss bits of every character's narrative. They won't see the full story. That's director Casey Stein's favorite part.
Addon Spotlight: Your addon questions
We haven't had an Addon Mailbag in a while, and the questions starting to mount up. The poor undead lady you see in the header is getting quite flustered about having such a full mailbox, so it seemed like a logical time to address the task at hand. If you have a question, do stick it in the comments or send me an email! Let's get started with a very simple question that took me an inordinate amount of time to answer: Chester writes: I loved your article on getting started with weak auras. I have a question though, how do you make the box showing the graphic transparent? I followed your mindbender example but it showed the box as opaque. I would like to see only the graphic show up like in power auras classic. thanks for any help! It took me a really, really long time to find this option, which was, quite frankly, rather annoying given that it's on the front page of the options screen.
