From the Forest of Firefly Lights

Overview

"Hotarubi no Mori e" (or Into the Forest of Firefly Lights) is a Japanese animated film released in 2011, directed by Takahiro Omori and based on the manga of the same name by Yuki Midorikawa. The story revolves around the relationship between a human girl named Hotaru Takegawa and a forest spirit named Gin. It was written through the eyes of Hotaru as she entered the mountain forest and met Gin.

From the Forest of Firefly Lights is an interactive narrative that tries to shift the focus to Gin. It is an interpretation of Gin's character, emotions, hesitations and experiences with Hotaru and of untold stories from the forest.

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Background

• DEI 612 Multimedia Storytelling (Special Topics 1) 🔗
  
• Assignment 2: A Transmedia Exploration Inspiration: Hotarubi no Mori e 🔗 (2011) 
• Objective: To prototype an interactive, text-based, transmedia, fictional story that focuses on a particular location
• Submission date: February 8, 2023 Project owner: Karen Sue Ann Yao (ksyao@uwaterloo.ca) Software used: Twine 🔗 & Adobe Illustrator 🔗

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Media Sources
Omori, T. (Director). (2011). Hotarubi no Mori e. Motion picture. Brain's Base 🔗. Link to Hotarubi no Mori e. https://www.hotarubi.info/

Pikisuperstar. (n.d.). Enchanted Forest Illustration. Vector illustration. Freepik. Retrieved from https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/watercolor-enchanted-forest-illustration_25645002.htm

Pikisuperstar. (n.d.). Watercolor Kitsune Mask Illustration. Vector illustration. Freepik. Retrieved from https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/watercolor-kitsune-mask-illustration_25748010.htm

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This is an academic project for the Masters of Digital Experience Innovation 🔗 program at the University of Waterloo and is not intended for commercial use.