Haunt Concept
“THE GLITCH”
Winner of the TEA@UCSD Haunt Competition
Roles: Team Lead/Coordinator, Story Lead, Co-Writer
Team: Dominic Diaz, Jackson Mancuso, Hannah Sandeen, Taylor Scott
“The Glitch” was a haunt concept that was awarded first place in the TEA@UCSD Haunt Competition. The prompt was to create a haunt concept based around any interpretation of the “the elements”. The project was judged by haunt industry leaders including Ted Dougherty and Jeff Tucker.
Story:
“Set in the technological utopia of Silicon Valley, tech startup “The 118” has invited us to their headquarters for the grand reveal of their newest advancement, Auality. The glitz and glamor turns to mayhem of gore as the experimental technology malfunctions, mutating all of the physical elements on earth. We must now navigate a deteriorating dystopian nightmare while attempting to escape the clutches of mutated creatures that have been disfigured by “the glitch”.
(Art by Jackson Mancuso)
Writing Excerpt:
“Billowing with smoke and the orange glow of flames, the department store has collapsed as the remains of a plane, warped into multiple pieces and wrangled in wires, crashes into the rack's of clothing below. Adding to the peril, mutated millionaire shopping moms turn from Karens, to Krakens, attacking us as if we held exclusive, one of a kind, Louis Vitton purses.”