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historical geo game in Warsaw
Reliving the history
This game took place in Warsaw during the March of 2020.
Avalilable only in Polish.
Your task was to visit the important places in the history of scouting before the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 in real life, with guided information about each place. Think of it as a themed tour.
There were three different trails:
- Zawiszacy - 2 hours to complete
- Bojowe Szkoły - 2.5 hours to complete
- Grupy Szturmowe - 3 hours to complete
Each trail was color coded.
In total there were 24 different points.
Example game point (plate in bottom left)
Each level required different amount of time and skills to complete.
My part
I was responsible for the technical side of the event. I made the website that interacts with the user and lets him use codes that are displayed on the plates to show the content of the place in game. This way, the player doesn’t have to download any app, the whole experience takes part in the browser.
The process was to design the network of points that would link from one to another, u gradually telling the story to the audience.
Start -> Point 1 -> Point 2 -> Point... -> Finish
If the user walks up to a point, they can input the text they see on a plate to the website. After that, they can read about the history of this current place, and people that were connected to it. After that they can press a button to open directions in Google Maps to the next point.
The whole website runs on Jekyll, and doesn’t use HTTPS out of scouting limitations.
plate design
code checker
example content on a point