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Day of the Figurines takes 1000 players, and has 889 places free.

To join this game, you'll have to actually visit the game board in the Royal Festival Hall.

This game has now finished.

Day of the Figurines
Blast Theory

Thursday 12th June to Saturday 5th July
Ground Floor, Southbank Centre
Tags: designing technology


Day Of The Figurines is an SMS game set in a fictional town that is littered, dark and underpinned with steady decay. The game unfolds over a total of 24 days, each day representing an hour in the life of the town that shifts from the mundane to the cataclysmic: the local vicar opens a summer fete, Scandinavian metallists play a gig at the Locarno that goes horribly wrong while an occupying army appears on the High Street. From the Gasometer to Product Barn, the Canal to the Rat Research Institute, up to 1,000 players roam the streets, defining themselves through their interactions.
People playing this game: Kevan, jiali mai, Oscar, Silke, Stephen Taylor, Nadaav, Gavin Hutchinson, Anna Yates, Robbly, Mark Simpkins, Marc M, Sas, Harry, DangerBoyJim, Caitlin Shepherd, Joe Public, Annette, Martin Trickey, James, Matt, Jaime, Ed, Bicameralman, Zack, Abigail, mindy, tingo, steve m, naomi billingham, Lynne Stevens and 81 others.

Blast Theory

Four times BAFTA nominated, Brighton-based Blast Theory is one of the most adventurous companies experimenting with performance in the digital age, combining theatre with state-of-the-art computer technology. The company is led by artists Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick Tandavanitj and uses interactive media to create games, installations and performances.

http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/

Day Of The Figurines has been developed in collaboration with the Mixed Reality Lab at University of Nottingham, Sony Net Services and the Fraunhofer Institute as part of the European research project IPerG (Integrated Project on Pervasive Gaming).

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