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A Deeper look into Pottermore .....WOW
What is it all about?
The site will sell Jo's seven Potter novels as e-books and audiobooks in several different languages. It will also reveal background details on characters and settings , Rowling says she’s been “hoarding for years.”
Fans will have 18,000 words of new Harry Potter content to devour in a matter of days.
It’s a series of illustrated environments, themed around “moments” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (material from the other novels will be added with time). The primary attraction for Potterphiles is access to arcana Rowling’s been squirreling away in her attic. Want to know why Harry’s uncle is called Vernon Dursley? Or learn about Prof. Minerva McGonagal’s early heartbreak? You can find it on the site, although you may have to click around a bit to uncover the hidden treasures.
Users start out at Privet Drive, where they can explore Harry’s cupboard under the stairs before moving on to Platform 9 ¾, the Hogwarts Express, Diagon Alley and Gringotts. Each new witch or wizard gets a personalized trunk, 175 galleons and a Hogwarts shopping list. Then they’re directed to Ollivander’s, where they are asked a series of questions in order that their wand can choose them.
Users continue on to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry itself, where, wearing the sorting hat, they are sorted into a House via a unique series of character testing questions written by Rowling herself.
Once ensconsed in a house common room, users can read the secret lore of Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff, meet housemates, and earn housepoints through wizard duels and mixing potions to compete for the House Cup.
Pottermore’s environments are more like digitized pop-up books than a graphic adventure game.
2 years ago, Jo sat down and thought about what she could do to create something special as a thank you. It’s something that celebrates the books and fans. “The magnificent experience of reading”
There will be a few more wizarding schools introduced in Pottermore.
6.5 million visitors to the Pottermore home page in 218 countries.
What is Pottermore? It’s a digital experience that’s built upon the reading of the Harry Potter books, it’s many things, but at it’s heart it’s about the books. There’s lots of new content Jo has wrote, 18000 words, 68 new entries, and she’s not stopped.
There are areas in Pottermore called “moments” which will have the new content. 44 moments for Philosophers Stone.
A few moments include:
rejected wands
rejected entrance hall, privet drive etc.
Big illustrations in each scene/moment based on what Jo says - not what the movie says.
You can buy your own pets in Pottermore (with fake money of course).
What happens on Pottermore once you register:
Registration process. “Congratulations! You are magical” once the registration process is complete. Your name is in a list with Harry, Ron, etc
You have to select one of five screen names - can’t make your own. It’s for safety. “Child safety is one of our top priorities”
Showing Privet Drive, which is the first chapter in book 1. Illustration shows privet Drive sign with McGonagall in cat form and #4 in the background. “You travel through via various animations. You can rollover things to discover new hidden material”
Clicking on the Privet Drive sign unlocks new info about Privet Drive from Jo.
You can collect items in each scene. You can do things like turn on the lights.
Inside Privet Drive… new information about Vernon and Petunia, how they met etc.
You can leave comments on scenes and upload fan art as well.
Then comes Diagon Alley. You can enter Gringotts and go into your virtual bank. Pointing out Goblin in red outfit in front of Gringotts - talking about the detail and accuracy to the books.
You go into Diagon Alley you have to complete your shopping list, which is showed on screen.
You can go into each of the shops. More shops will open in later books. Showing a shop called Wiseacre’s Wizarding Equipment. You can buy them using your virtual money. Now showing Ollivanders (Jo designed the wand selection process. There are 33,000 possible wand combinations.)
Inside Hogwarts Express scene. Can collect Chocolate Frog Cards. Unlock a sprout flavored bean. When you collect these things they’re added to your trunk.
Afterwards you arrive at Hogwarts, this scene is the entry way with a giant staircase, tons of portraits all over the walls, giant entry doors.
New info on McGonagall. “Was the first child, and only daughter. Grew up in highlands of Scotland in the early twentieth century and only gradually became aware that there was something strange, both about her own abilities and her parents’ marriage. “
There is a TON of new info here. Tons of backstory. We can’t even begin to transcribe it all.. but trust us, there’s a lot.
the “early heartbreak” portion of the McGonagall story.
Pottermore has information on 44 unknown things from the Philosopher’s Stone.
Jo designed the wand selection process for Pottermore. There are 33,000 possible wand combinations.
Sorting Hat scene. “You have to answer questions truthfully to the sorting hat.”
No one gets the same set of questions. Example question: Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open? One of the options is a ornate golden casket.
Big colorful banner celebrates the sorting.
When you get sorted, you get welcomed by a prefect that talks quite a bit about the house. If you’re in Gryffindor you get a little less because more is known thanks to the books.
In the common room, where you get to talk to other people in your house (not a chat room).
You can get into a wizard duel. You get to fire different spells. Dueling gets you house points towards the house cup.
You can leave comments in the great hall for the whole school.
Each of the House badges was painstakingly created. Very detailed and beautiful. There will be downloadable versions on these badges
Aim is to get Chamber of Secrets out early to mid 2012.
“Each of the illustrations was painstakingly created. Jo OK’d every single thing. If she didn’t, we redid it.”
The site will sell Jo's seven Potter novels as e-books and audiobooks in several different languages. It will also reveal background details on characters and settings , Rowling says she’s been “hoarding for years.”
Fans will have 18,000 words of new Harry Potter content to devour in a matter of days.
It’s a series of illustrated environments, themed around “moments” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (material from the other novels will be added with time). The primary attraction for Potterphiles is access to arcana Rowling’s been squirreling away in her attic. Want to know why Harry’s uncle is called Vernon Dursley? Or learn about Prof. Minerva McGonagal’s early heartbreak? You can find it on the site, although you may have to click around a bit to uncover the hidden treasures.
Users start out at Privet Drive, where they can explore Harry’s cupboard under the stairs before moving on to Platform 9 ¾, the Hogwarts Express, Diagon Alley and Gringotts. Each new witch or wizard gets a personalized trunk, 175 galleons and a Hogwarts shopping list. Then they’re directed to Ollivander’s, where they are asked a series of questions in order that their wand can choose them.
Users continue on to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry itself, where, wearing the sorting hat, they are sorted into a House via a unique series of character testing questions written by Rowling herself.
Once ensconsed in a house common room, users can read the secret lore of Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff, meet housemates, and earn housepoints through wizard duels and mixing potions to compete for the House Cup.
Pottermore’s environments are more like digitized pop-up books than a graphic adventure game.
2 years ago, Jo sat down and thought about what she could do to create something special as a thank you. It’s something that celebrates the books and fans. “The magnificent experience of reading”
There will be a few more wizarding schools introduced in Pottermore.
6.5 million visitors to the Pottermore home page in 218 countries.
What is Pottermore? It’s a digital experience that’s built upon the reading of the Harry Potter books, it’s many things, but at it’s heart it’s about the books. There’s lots of new content Jo has wrote, 18000 words, 68 new entries, and she’s not stopped.
There are areas in Pottermore called “moments” which will have the new content. 44 moments for Philosophers Stone.
A few moments include:
rejected wands
rejected entrance hall, privet drive etc.
Big illustrations in each scene/moment based on what Jo says - not what the movie says.
You can buy your own pets in Pottermore (with fake money of course).
What happens on Pottermore once you register:
Registration process. “Congratulations! You are magical” once the registration process is complete. Your name is in a list with Harry, Ron, etc
You have to select one of five screen names - can’t make your own. It’s for safety. “Child safety is one of our top priorities”
Showing Privet Drive, which is the first chapter in book 1. Illustration shows privet Drive sign with McGonagall in cat form and #4 in the background. “You travel through via various animations. You can rollover things to discover new hidden material”
Clicking on the Privet Drive sign unlocks new info about Privet Drive from Jo.
You can collect items in each scene. You can do things like turn on the lights.
Inside Privet Drive… new information about Vernon and Petunia, how they met etc.
You can leave comments on scenes and upload fan art as well.
Then comes Diagon Alley. You can enter Gringotts and go into your virtual bank. Pointing out Goblin in red outfit in front of Gringotts - talking about the detail and accuracy to the books.
You go into Diagon Alley you have to complete your shopping list, which is showed on screen.
You can go into each of the shops. More shops will open in later books. Showing a shop called Wiseacre’s Wizarding Equipment. You can buy them using your virtual money. Now showing Ollivanders (Jo designed the wand selection process. There are 33,000 possible wand combinations.)
Inside Hogwarts Express scene. Can collect Chocolate Frog Cards. Unlock a sprout flavored bean. When you collect these things they’re added to your trunk.
Afterwards you arrive at Hogwarts, this scene is the entry way with a giant staircase, tons of portraits all over the walls, giant entry doors.
New info on McGonagall. “Was the first child, and only daughter. Grew up in highlands of Scotland in the early twentieth century and only gradually became aware that there was something strange, both about her own abilities and her parents’ marriage. “
There is a TON of new info here. Tons of backstory. We can’t even begin to transcribe it all.. but trust us, there’s a lot.
the “early heartbreak” portion of the McGonagall story.
Pottermore has information on 44 unknown things from the Philosopher’s Stone.
Jo designed the wand selection process for Pottermore. There are 33,000 possible wand combinations.
Sorting Hat scene. “You have to answer questions truthfully to the sorting hat.”
No one gets the same set of questions. Example question: Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open? One of the options is a ornate golden casket.
Big colorful banner celebrates the sorting.
When you get sorted, you get welcomed by a prefect that talks quite a bit about the house. If you’re in Gryffindor you get a little less because more is known thanks to the books.
In the common room, where you get to talk to other people in your house (not a chat room).
You can get into a wizard duel. You get to fire different spells. Dueling gets you house points towards the house cup.
You can leave comments in the great hall for the whole school.
Each of the House badges was painstakingly created. Very detailed and beautiful. There will be downloadable versions on these badges
Aim is to get Chamber of Secrets out early to mid 2012.
“Each of the illustrations was painstakingly created. Jo OK’d every single thing. If she didn’t, we redid it.”
Comments
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Awesome!
I have to be one of the million!!! PLEASE!
I get accepted!
G.G.