As a group we have been having brainstorming meetings to try and fine tune our original concept. To sum up our project in one sentence, it is an entertaining, virtual character that depends on daily news feeds and interacting with users will be a collaborative experience.
At a glance of our virtual character the user can tell if the majority of the news feeds have been good or bad on any given day. We are initially going to use RSS feeds for our "news feeds" with the aim to branch out to Twitter feeds if this is achievable. In doing some research I found that one of the elements of the virtual pet "Tamogotchi",(which was part of the inspiration for our idea) was that the goal of the user was to breed the pet forming generations of their first original pet. This concept means that there can be new dimensions added to our initial idea of one Fat Cat. We plan to grow a colony of cats and using this colony to represent society and the people in it.
Fat Cat Feeds is currently still a work of art so some of our concept may morph or adapt over time.
Our target audience is 18-25 year olds as this demographic is more interested in social networking such as Facebook and Twitter.
Presently we are working on the image and design of our "Fat Cat Feeds" but initially we are thinking that the user will view our page from an above looking down angle. This is reminiscent of games such as "The Sims".
Paula - Project Manager
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