Virtual treasure hunt ready to capture children's imagination
September 2014
Edinburgh provides the backdrop for a new digital treasure hunt that challenges children to track down some of the city's most valuable artefacts.
Treasure Trapper tasks players with finding 30 scattered objects such as Greyfriar Bobby's collar, Robert Louis Stevenson's ring, and Robert Burns' swordcane, which are transported virtually on tour buses around the city.
Other items to collect include Sir Walter Scott's chessboard, a cabinet made by Deacon Brodie, and a Dalek action figure, all drawn from the city's museums and galleries' collections. Developed by Design Informatics researchers at the University of Edinburgh, the game is accessed through a smartphone app and uses GPS technology.
The app lets players see the scattered treasures' location on a map and alerts them if one is nearby. When a tour bus carrying a lost object reaches a bus stop, the object remains on that spot for a few minutes.
Competitors must rush to the stop and capture it on their phone. The object will appear on their screen if they point it at a bus stop containing a treasure.
Players then return their trapped treasures to any of Edinburgh's museums or the Assembly Rooms and receive rewards, such as 10 per cent discount in shops or entry to visitor attractions such as the Scott Monument or Lauriston Castle.
The more treasures a player traps the more quizzes, bonus material, and extra objects they unlock and earn better rewards.
The game has been developed in partnership with Edinburgh Bus Tours (part of Lothian Buses and Transport for Edinburgh), Edinburgh Museums & Galleries, the collection of cultural venues owned and managed by the City of Edinburgh Council, and the Assembly Rooms.
Councillor Richard Lewis, Culture and Sport Convener at the City of Edinburgh Council, added: "The Treasure Trapper app will be a truly engaging way to transport our treasures out of the museum and into the streets and the imaginations of Edinburgh's younger visitors. It is our hope that the new app will motivate children to learn more about the history the city, and we are delighted to work with the University and Bus Tours on this first for Edinburgh."
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