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nyc2123: a graphic novel for psp   09.29.2005, 5:05 PM

posted by ben vershbow

NYC2123 is a graphic novel conceived for the 480 by 272-pixel screen of the Play Station Portable video game device. It's a post-apocalyptic tale set in a future, tsunami-ravaged New York in which the city's wealthy have walled off the island of Manhattan against a violent river society of junkies, thieves and outlaw barges.

There are several sequences that read like a flip book, taking advantage of the single-frame interface and the fact that the reader has literally got his finger on the button. Quickly flipping through the panels creates a filmic effect, as here:

(Once again via Infocult - thanks Bryan)

Update: Someone has just developed a .pdf reader for the PSP.

Posted by ben vershbow on September 29, 2005 05:05 PM
tags: Games, Microlit, comic, comics, digital_literature, ebook, gaming, graphicnovel, manhattan, microcontent, newyork, nyc2123, psp, reading

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