In Detective: A Modern Crime Boardgame, designers Trzewiczek (Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island, Imperial Settlers) and Przemyslaw Rymer have created an immersive gaming experience that deliberately breaks the fourth wall and invites players to use every resource the modern world offers to help solve a series of five connected crimes.
Trzewiczek described the experience, saying, “You have a game book with some witnesses saying something, with a description of the crime scene. Then, you have your smart phone. You can go to the Google stuff and double-check if they guy in the game book is telling the truth. We are using Google Maps to see the distance between the locations. We are checking facts on Wikipedia, tracking if the guy is telling the truth. We are doing everything we can to solve the case, right?”
To support the game, Portal will be creating websites and other online resources that players will be able to access during the game.
“We are looking into new technologies, how we can enhance experience of the players without leaving the cargo. There’s still cargo on the board and on the table, there’s still rolling dice, but there’s some support to give it even more value,” Trzewiczek explained.
