Magic Roads to Aliso: Dancing skeletons, a mysterious Germanic seer, and chickens that predict the future!

client: LWL-RÖMERMUSEUM HALTERN AM SEE

introduction

A mystical audio and Augmented-Reality experience

With Magic Roads to Aliso, immerse yourself in the mystical world of the Roman legionary camp Aliso. While walking through the collection of the LWL-Römermuseum in Haltern am See, listen to a captivating interactive story and discover mesmerising Augmented Reality scenes that illuminate archaeological objects.

The Challenge

How do you manage to get a youngsters audience interested in a supposedly antiquated topic such as "Romans" and "archaeology"?

Roll the dice and get in the role of a new recruit in the Aliso Legion!

Magic Roads to Aliso is a coming-of-age mystical story that puts you in the role of a new roman recruit in the Legion experiencing real-roman challenges such as uncertain future prospects, fear of dying in battle or homesickness. A speaking ghost and dancing skeletons in Augmented Reality bring the archaeological objects of the collection to life.

Choose wisely...and may Fortuna be on your side!

Luck Level

1

The user is assigned a luck level that changes throughout the experience according to the decisions they take.

2

At the beginning of the story, a physical roman dice knuckle is given. choose wisely if you want to throw it... Your destiny depends on it!

3

Observe the holy chickens in augmented reality and read the gods will.

An image that illustrates the project

GATHER A MAXIMUM OF LUCK TO ENSURE A PROSPEROUS DESTINY

You wonder if the decisions you made through the game are the right one? What fate your gods have chosen for you? The Seeres grants you a glimpse into the future with her Tarot cards.

A compelling way to engage with the objects of the collection

Dancing skeletons, chickens telling the future and a dead legionnaire speaking to you from the pyre! Augmented Reality elements bring archaeological objects back to life in the LWL Roman Museum in Haltern am See... But beware of the Germanic seer!