16
th
Jan
2007
The Malice Box
This is a project I’ve just finished at POKE. It’s a site for the publisher Penguin, to promote a new book coming out called The Malice Box. The book is a bit like the Da Vinci Code - a dude runs about the place, solving puzzles and saving the world. In the book he has a GPS device called ‘The Quad’ to help him get around. For the online game we created, you get to navigate the globe using google maps. Basically you solve puzzles, guess locations of ‘Red Gold’ on the map and win prizes. Go check it out and play the game and at www.maliceboxquest.com/
Also see what Tom and Iain have to say, who also worked on the site.
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Said, on January 16th, 2007 at 6:48 pm :
[...] If you’re into adventure type games. Or just want to win some great prizes. Or are a real nerd and want to see how we’ve used Google Maps as part of our quest interface. Head over to MaliceBoxQuest.com, something Poke have put together for Penguin to promote the launch of a new mystic-thriller book called, strangely enough, The Malice Box. Tom and Cookie, two of the other Poke folk who worked on the game have also written bits about it on their blogs. [...]