Integrated Project Phase 1 Group 4 - FAEN

The Day After CultMMO-Adventure Game

by Fabrizio Valerio Covone

Game Story

In December 2012 a bunch of fanatics waited for the End of the World. Since nothing happened, they decided to make their own Armageddon thru a series of terroristic attacks.In early 2013 they founded a sect gathering new adepts every day. They call themselves “The Day After Cult”.In a short time the Cult spread all over the world.Few months later, all attacked nations decided to create a top secret international bureau, the FAEN (Federal Agency for Extremism Neutralization).As a new FAEN member you will have to stop Cult’s terroristic attempts looking for their tracks left behind.

Game Details

• Massive Multiplayer Online Adventure Game based in your home town.

• Accomplish a series of missions to fight The Cult.• Build your own career in a Top Secret Organization.• Improve the game creating your own missions.• All you need is a Smartphone, a bar code reader app.

Mission Rules

• Main Goal is to find a QR code hidden in your city.• Inside the QR code there is the mission name and a

verification code.• The player will have to provide the verification code as a

proof of evidence.• The player has 3 weeks of time to find it.• The player will receive 3 hints to find his/her target:– A riddle describing target location (at the beginning of the

mission).– A famous place nearby the target location (one week after).– An image of the target location (two weeks after).

Mission Example

Mission DescriptionToday we received another letter from the cult. It seems they are hiding an explosive device near Dublin city center. We have three weeks before it blows.Accept the mission to read the file.1st Hint (the riddle):I am a little bomb that lost the way home. Near me there is a resting place for iron wagons. Where am I? In a croft of metal workers…2nd Hint (famous place nearby):After few researches we discovered that the letter was sent from a mailbox near Old Jameson Distillery.

Mission Example

3rd Hint (the picture):Haven’t you managed to find me yet?

N.B.:the QR code is behind the wall.

Mission Name:Fab1986Verification Code:Ig0tY4!

Reward system

• The player will get a score based on mission’s difficulty.• Player’s total score will be shown in a global rating

system.• The player will receive a medal for every mission

accomplished:– Less than a week: Gold Medal.– Less than two weeks: Silver Medal.– Less than three weeks: Bronze Medal.

• After a certain amount of missions he/she will receive a new rank (lieutenant, corporal, etc.).

Advanced Features

• Multiplayer Mode: each mission could be played as a challenge between two or more players (first one accomplish it wins).

• Mission creator: the player will have the chance to create his/her own missions.

• Mission creator rules:– Find a public spot in your home town nearby a famous place (it has to

be accessible by everybody).– Generate your own QR code and place it to the chosen location.– Take a picture of the target place.– Write a riddle about it.– A brief description coherent with the story.– Submit your mission details.