With AR through archaeology. The” game of the snake” conveys archaeological knowledge in a fun way and inspires young and older visitors alike. Exclusively designed for iPad and  only bookable on site.

To the game

 

 

 

 

The Munich State Archaeological Collection, which will reopen in 2024, wanted to inspire new target groups for archaeological topics and create contemporary approaches to its exhibition.

To this end, we developed the ‘Game of the Snake’, an augmented reality game that conveys knowledge about archaeological contexts in an entertaining way and is intended to appeal to young and young-at-heart visitors.

The game was developed exclusively for 21 iPad Minis and can only be played on site after prior booking.

Schlange "Sisssi" begrüßt die Besucher*innen

The Game

AR snake ‘Sisssi’ leads you through the exhibition along nine stops. At each stop there are historical puzzles and tasks to solve. For example, the aim is to prevent an outbreak of plague, decipher cryptic inscriptions on a sacred stone or rebuild a destroyed column. Two other characters in the form of historical masks support the visitors.

From the idea to the game – our production process

After the official go-ahead in July 2023, the story was conceptualised over several months. In close collaboration with ASM, we precisely defined the content to be conveyed and used this to develop the script. Only when this was finalised did we start the technical implementation of the game in Unity in January.

At the same time, we worked with our partner Soundgarden to select the voice actors. The voice recordings were organised on a hybrid basis and supervised both on-site and remotely under professional direction.

The result: an entertaining augmented reality game with a running time of around 80 minutes – inspired by the warm, nostalgic gaming aesthetic of the 2000s and spiced up with a fine pinch of humour.

 

The game is running splendidly and the response has been overwhelmingly positive.

Dr. Brigitte Haas-Gebhard (ASM)

Press

Article in Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Article  on Archäologie Online

Children get to know the State Archaeological Collection through play. (Photo: Stefanie Friedrich/ASM)


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