Alan Motoko [Design, Video]

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This is my first project of Core Environment. And my initial design question is : How can people in public space engage in an event?

My original plan was to design a reality game, which uses environment embedded elements. To get a stronger attraction, the theme of the game is detective. The story plot started with the missing of a virtual character named Alan Motoko. In the whole game process, players will interact with elements in environments, such as invisible infrared paint text, push notification on phones. These clues will guide them to reach the end of the story.

For this project, I decided to experiment how people engage with things in the environment, especially in a thrilling environment. That’s why I come up with the idea for this project.

I used missing report poster and fake official announcement to attract people’s attention.And in order to see whether  people really join the event, I set a UV flashlight to imply the existence of the invisible text.