What happens when a would-be wizard tries to make it in the “humdrum” world? You decide! eko is an award-winning video platform that allows viewers to control the story in real time with decision points and mini-games overlaid on top of real-life actors. For the eko original series Wizard School Dropout, Bluecadet created an interactive framework for an entirely new kind of user. They’re part viewer, part player.
The interactive gameplay centers on magic spells cast by rapid swirling or tapping on the part of the user. Spells fail or succeed, changing the storyline, based on the user’s actions.
How the show progresses along the 598,617 possible storylines depends not just on the choices that users make, but also how well they play. Bluecadet developed the gameplay mechanics and worked closely with the Wizard School Dropout’s production team to overlay them onto the live-action scenes.
Unlike traditional game development, Bluecadet had to sync the gameplay, associated animations, and UI displays with actors’ movements and the video timeline of each scene.
eko original series Wizard School Dropout by Bluecadet
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