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…masQuest: the system

The game

The game

There are different genres of game among which you can choose the one you prefer or the one which is closer to the kind of mask you are wearing.
Once you chose the genres and the title of the game, you select a group you want to belong to and know who are your enemies.
The system alerts you when the game starts and sends you clues to help you finding what you need.
The goal of the game is to find a certain number of semacodes, that are placed in Venice.
The game ends when all the semacodes have been found or when the time finishes.



Semacodes

semacodes

A semacode embeds a URL into a sort of barcode which looks like a dense crossword puzzle called the tag. The tag can be decripted by the right software and hardware and sends the user to that web address.



Goals
- play a real role game
- meet other people
- have a richer Carnival experience



The website

Website

The website allows users to create their own role game in few steps. You can also download the software, look the photogalleries of the previous edition of masQuest, vote your favourite games.
To create a game you have just to choose a genre, invent a title. You can also decide if you want more than a team, its description and its enemies. Then you start select semacodes on the Venice map and create clues to reach them. Finally you insert a message for the winners and for the losers. When you finish you can check what you have done before and share your game. You can also print it.
Best games will be selected and organized in order to be played during Venice Carnival days.



Goals
- know what the game is about
- create and share your own game
- download the software
- see previous editions’ photo-galleries



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