Principle 8: Cloning

Creates continuity, relationship and narrative, when new objects originate and depart. When new objects are created in current scenes (and from current objects), it is important to narratively account for their appearance. In this manifesto, I argue forcefully for the importance of creating a narrative framework for object origin and departure. Simple opacity fades tend to not achieve this result. Masking, Cloning, and Dimensionality are three usability based approaches to produce strong narratives. Credit: Jakub Antalík, Jakub Antalík, Unknown In the above three examples, new objects are created from existing hero objects during the time the user's attention is focused on those objects. This two fold approach - the directing of attention, and then leading the eye through the creation of a cloned new object - has the strong effect of communicating a clear and unambiguous chain of events: that action 'x' has the result 'y' of the creation of new child objects.