Designing Interactive Characters Class - The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game - page 158

Figure 10.3
The guild Aesir presents its map.
This map was the basis for the LMS page for this class. Blackboard, the
underlying software divides everything into tables of cells, and, as mentioned,
is really not designed for the freeform graphics we wanted. This screenshot in
Figure 10.5 is an early example of what we hoped would be an interactive map of
the game world. It is a work in progress.
Tooltips inform students what the links are for each zone, except the Rift, the pass
through the mountains into unknown lands. Clockwise beginning with the Rift:
n The Rift link is not yet activated.
n High Reach houses the syllabus and calendar.
n Fenwick is the assignment dropbox.
n Scaleport links to class announcements.
n Wadi Shir links to the LMS orientation.
n Far Plains is a window to outside resources.
n Guild halls are located in Miscato.