pompeii: a gladiator’s journey
The background story:
In the confines of their cells, gladiators remain blissfully unaware of the newfound ashen skies just outside their walls. Warned of the eruption and left with no other options, the prisoners must escape their confines and navigate their way to the docks before boarding ships leave the island for good. Do you have what it takes to ESCAPE Pompeii before the volcano erupts?
Pompeii
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Interactive Elements
Short clips highlighting custom-built props and interactive mechanisms used throughout the experience.
magic torch messsage
The first group of gladiators that escaped their jail cell now have access to the jail room and must use what they find to open the box in the other gladiator’s cell.
Steps:
Obtain the UV torch from the wall
Share the torch with the group that is still locked up
In the corner the torch reveals a hidden code: MLJ46
Below that code is a key that also reveals that each number and letter should go 3 ahead
Get the code P0M79 and unlock the box with the second sword
place the swords to open the door
All gladiators are out of their cells now and have 2 swords they must use to escape the jail room.
Steps:
Notice in the box where the second sword was taken has an engraving mentioning gladiator swords and spirit animals.
This leads the player to notice the swords both have lions on them.
The room also has a list of “today’s battles” that features 8 names & a box next to it with 8 sword slots.
Find the two names that coincide with lions and put the swords in the correlating spots in the box to open the door.
donate to the temple
Once out of your prison you must get through the ancient marketplace in order to get to the rescue ship.
Steps:
After a series of puzzles you aquire a wine bottle.
There is a vase on a column that says “donate to the temple of bacchus” (AKA the god of wine and partying)
Pour the wine in the vase to open up the “temple of roman god statues”
The statues provide the combination to the door that leads to the ship docks.
Experience structure
A high-level look at spatial layout and player progression across the experience.
