After doing a fair bit of reaseach into other sites on the web I decided my Idea of having the layout of a 3 dimensional room would be too hard. I also didn't have a very good concept to mesh with it. After writing my 700 words I've come up with a new site style/layout and a concept that i think represents identity well, or my interpretation of it anyway. After analyzing and writing about my chosen site I began to really enjoy flash based sites and the things you can do with them.From the visual layout I've drawn you can see my site represents many different places and environments that many people spend time in. There will be a central character, female, who the site users can send to different locations at the end of the paths. My concept is to represent, through colors and changing visual styles, the way a persons identity adapts and changes depending on their surroundings. I'll bring this about by having very contrasting visual styles to represent how greatly the environments impact on her personality. The central path is there to make the site feel like a journey as opposed to just another ordinary web experience. the change seen in the character in each environment will enforce the sense of the journey as journeys usually lead to self change and discovery.
I also plan on having a loading screen in which the character walks down the path in between loading the flash based environments. I found when viewing flash sites loading times were quite long. So I'd like to provide viewers some thing interesting and enjoyable to view in these times.
The site that's influenced me most is; http://www.tbwahakuhodo.co.jp/ as seen in the image below
