I was looking for inspiration for my final project when I came across a really cool web comic (does this count as e-lit?) by Stevan Živadinović called Hobo Lobo of Hamelin. I think I've really been drawn to elit works that combine traditional art with digital displays, like entre ville or CityFish. The collage element is my favorite, and the way the website scrolls sideways instead of up and down. It's like reading a book but online. I like how Živadinović has it separated into chapters with different colors and themes. I've realized I'm not a big fan of the video game like e-lit works or the build your own adventure types, but rather digital stories that are strong in unique visual elements and compelling displays. Hobo Lobo makes this even more interesting with how the images are layered and move (the synopsis calls this "kinetic imagery"), creating a 3d like aspect. I don't think I'll be able to code 3d layers and kinetic elements for my final project, but I will definitely be taking inspiration with the collage layered look. Hobo Lobo combines fairy-tale like elements with crude language and political humor in the middle ages, and I also think that e-lit is the perfect space for these sort of surreal stories to take place, like J.R. Carpenter's works and My Body is a Wonderkrammer follow the same theme. I wonder if there is a more surreal creative element I could include in my final work.
I agree that E-lit is the perfect space for surreal elements. Staying on the boundary between traditional written literature and interactive mediums like fully-fledged video games is inherently a more surreal experience for me, so leveraging that definitely enhances the effect. Also that game looks super weird and cool? I'm not even 100% sure what I'm looking at, and that's great.
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