Interactive City: Horoscopes

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In this project, I created a simple way for people to read their horoscopes for the month of October. By clicking the screen, people will be able to see all of the horoscopes. They can click back and forth to see which horoscopes correspond with their signs. I decided to use very few words per sign because I think that this keeps the interaction simple. There isn’t an abundance of text to read, but just enough information to portray the theme of their horoscope for that month. I think that this is a fun interactive because it allows people to gain information efficiently. Whether people follow horoscopes or not, most will still find them entertaining to read.

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Originally I had planned to have the user be able to click on each individual sign and only see that horoscope. After working on the code, I found difficulty in achieving this. Despite this, I still think that it has the same effect on the user because it allows them to reveal the horoscopes themselves. This still engages them to an extent because it is their action that makes the text appear.

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The coding of this project incorporated mousePressed(), with layers of the black background and the text. I chose to use black and white because I think that it contributes to the simplicity of the message.

I see this project fitting into de Waal’s ideology of the “City of Strangers.” Horoscopes are universal in the sense that anyone regardless of gender, age, class, and many societal factors can relate to it. I think that this would bring people together because everyone has an astrological sign. When looking at the horoscopes, people could share their opinions with their friends or others who have the same sign. I see this supporting the idea of a magic circle because it can unify people based on having the same astrological signs. This can strike up a conversation between two strangers. I think that this helps reenforce common ground between people because everyone has a sign.

Author: Alexa Di Luca