Strange Rain

In Erik Loyer's Strange Rain touch, sound, color, narrative and haptic play (the tilt of the device) blend into a tightly choreographed story driven by the gamer/reader's input. Alphonse the protagonist is standing out in a rainstorm contemplating his ailing sister and his role in her recovery. User touch controls the pace of raindrops falling on Alphonse and calls forth phrases of Alphonse's interior monologue. Tap the screen twice to ask Alphonse whether he's ready to go back into the house.

(Source: Description from the Electronic Literature Exhibition catalogue)

Critical writing that references this work:

Title	Author	Year
Å lese med fingrene	Scott Rettberg	2011
I ♥ E-Poetry	Leonardo Flores	2011
Strange Rain and the Poetics of Motion and Touch	Mark Sample	2012
To Read With Your Fingers: E-Lit for the iPad	Scott Rettberg	2011
Touch and Gesture as Aesthetic Experience: Performing 5 Apps	Maria Engberg	2012
Toward a Mobile and Geolocative E-Lit Aesthetic: Curatorial Statement for MLA 2012 Exhibit “Electronic Literature”	Kathi Inman Berens	2011