Assignment 8: Virtual Reality

I did not grow up in a video game household. I had a Nintendo GameBoy, a DS, and a Wii but all I really liked to play were the "girly" games. But boy did I looove those girly games. Nintendogs, Horsez, you name it. If it had a farm and horses in it I was begging my mom to buy it. I loved any sort of RPG where its a girl on a farm doing chores and taking care of animals, probably because I wanted to grow up on a farm really badly. I think it would actually make a pretty neat virtual reality experience, especially for people who live in the city who want to feel what the country is like.

An unexpected tumble,thud, and thump snap your world into view as you gain consciousness of your sleepy body in a heap full of blankets. You’re on your right side facing the wall, shoulder stiff from a deserved night's sleep. You finally roll over to see what made the commotion, but you could already guess. A wet nose, two eyes, and a tongue are waiting to greet you, and a wagging tail knocks over some more stuff from your nightstand. You swing yourself up out of bed, making sure to scratch the ears of the sleeping cat at the food of the bed. Shielding your eyes from the rising sun outside the window, you walk out of your bedroom through to the kitchen, where two more excited dogs are ready to be let outside. You open the screen door to your endless, story-book beautiful farmland. Green grass glowing orange with the bright light of sunrise. Fresh dew sparkling on each blade. Horses whinnying in the background, ready for breakfast. A slight breeze brings the scent of fresh hay and flowers to your nose.

BARK

THUMP

You’re suddenly on the ground, as three dogs race out the door knocking you off your feet.

“Well shit” you sigh, your HP meter just appeared in the upper left corner of your FOV (Field of Vision), and it went down 5 out 100 points.

“Those damn goons knocked me down hard”.

As you make your way inside to prepare the dogs’ breakfast, you daily “TO DO” list materializes on the counter

TO DO TODAY

MORNING CHORES

• feed: dogs, cats, horses, sheep, rabbits
• turn out horses
• give morning hay
• sweep

OTHER

• weed garden
• pick ripe things
• make salsa for Hellen’s Party

As you turn to go out the door and start your day, a blinking icon appears in the top right of your FOV

~HURRICANE WATCH FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW~

“For Christ’s sake, as if I didn’t have enough shit to do today, no I’ve gotta prep for this” you say out loud, half to yourself, half to the cat asleep on top of the refrigerator.
"Oh well, should be fun".