Ghost Town — another reason to check out Perth’s ByteMe! festival
Web Directions attendee Kate Raynes-Goldie has started a pervasive gaming company over in Perth — Giant Dice. Their first Perth venture, a mobile locative game called Ghost Town, will be held from December 2 – 9, as part of the ByteMe! Festival of digital content.
Mobile locative games are an extension of online gaming into the physical world. They make use of technologies such as bluetooth, SMS and VOIP to create a context in which we can explore and understand our urban environments in unexpected ways.
In Ghost Town, you’ll uncover clues and solve puzzles with the help of messages, pictures and even voice calls. You’ll search the CBD for special stickers that unlock the game’s challenges, all the while unraveling a mysterious storyline. You can explore the game at your own pace, giving you a chance to appreciate some of Perth’s most interesting spaces. By taking the game from the screen to the streets, Ghost Town promotes active and healthy gaming.
Best of all Ghost Town is free — all you need to do is rock up to the Ghost Town booth at the Perth Town Hall between 10am and 5pm, Dec 2 to Dec 9, with your Bluetooth enabled phone.