Author(s):
\nJason Nelson<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bafflement Fires\u201d is an interaction fiction\/poem in the form of a digital recreation of a
\nFreemason board game from the 1950s. Based on found documents, this strange game,
\nwritten by a psychologist and Mason, was seemingly an attempt to alter player\u2019s perception
\nthrough quiz and play.
\nWhile it appears some of the game was lost\/destroyed, as the documents I found were
\nincomplete or damaged, enough was there for me to create a semi-accurate version. Using
\na quiz game engine, and creating new fiction questions and answers, the Bafflement Fires is
\nmy attempt to build a part fiction, part creative non-fiction world, told through the surreal and
\nliterary answers\/questions of someone trying to influence how we perceived the world
\naround\/inside us, playable on a screen attempting to create it’s own pixeled reality.
\nThe exciting challenge of creating the Bafflement Fires is that it is one of the first interactive
\nfiction\/poems told entirely through a series of quiz questions.
\nPart game, part artwork, part poem, part fiction, part interactive creature!<\/p>\n
Modality of presentation: Web based work<\/p>\n