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Storyteller update #3: Ambient sound

Welcome back to the continuing saga of the development of Storyteller, an interactive, longform theme for Sourcefabric's Newscoop. Read Part 1 and Part 2.

As we promised last week, we managed to get audio files for ambient sound delivery in place this week. It works across the board now on all major platforms and browsers. It's a great feature to have, as it gives an extra sense of depth to the media. I'm also glad that it didn't take as long as I feared it would (we've coded it in three entirely different ways since we started working on the project over two months ago).

We also have chapter introduction panes that help engage readers with a strong graphic and a call to action. 

Clicking down on the chapter pane will continue the story. Photo CC Sourcefabric.

Clicking down on the chapter pane will continue the story. Photo CC Sourcefabric.

Next, our talented guys in Belgrade will give our work the design once-over, whilst we author the first article for Storyteller.
 
Once we have the sign-off from the powers that be, a finished multimedia article, and a happy design team, we'll start creating the templates for the soon-to-be-released Newscoop 4.3!
 
Wow. So much is going on right now, I can't wait to show it all working together in context.
 
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