DEFINITION

Aliveness

A place feels alive when it feels lived in, when it has a character, when it invites you to stay longer, be curious, explore and discover all it has to tell.

<aside> 🍵 Environmental Stories

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Stories are what give character to a place, small details which evoke specific emotions or give out information.

• Visual poetry and scenes of awe (a butterfly passes by, a cascade, a wolf running after a rabbit, a small rock falls down a cliff...)
• Narrative clues (blood on the floor, broken vases, a skeletton next to a punched cask of water...)
• History, Trophies, Scars, Collections (accumulated empty beer bottles, a broken chair, a portrait of the founder...)

<aside> 🍵 Sacred views

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Protect your most important vistas from normalcy, leave them just a little bit off the main path, but not so far away that it is wasted by obscurity.

• Beautiful views just off the way of main paths

<aside> 🍵 Secrets

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Leave some things to be discovered only by the most curious players.

• Small & unique rewards
• Environmental stories
• Sacred views
• Hidden shortcuts
• Easter eggs

<aside> 🍵 Content Density

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It shouldn't be too long until you find something interesting, at the same time, you want to group some of the content together to make it feel memorable.