Négone was a Spanish proprietary
augmented reality
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role playing experience played at a facility in
Madrid
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.
Description
In a physical indoor space, an adventure was played out in themed rooms and scenes. The player went through the scenes, interacting with the environment to accomplish the goals of the game. This the player accomplished through physical tasks and by solving puzzles, earning points towards the success of the mission. Time for tasks was limited.
Before entering the game, each player was given a small wristband computer which allowed them to interact with the environment. It also allowed the system to gather information about user actions using
RFID
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and
infrared
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technologies.
[The Great Escape]
Wired
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March 2006
Users could continue the game on the
internet
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at home.
History
Négone was created by the
Spanish company DifferendGames, S.A., founded in 2002. The first incarnation, “La Maquina” (The Machine), opened in July 2003 at a Shopping Mall on the south of
Madrid
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. A second version opened in downtown
Madrid
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in October 2005, near the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
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. This version was entitled La "Fuga" (The Escape), and replicated a futuristic 31st century prison named Mazzinia.
[
In 2008, the company was working to integrate the first interactive ]comic book
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.[ by mid-2009 Négone had closed.
]
See also
* Escape room
An escape room, also known as an escape game, puzzle room, exit game, or riddle room, is a game in which a team of players discover clues, solve puzzles, and accomplish tasks in one or more rooms in order to accomplish a specific goal in a limit ...
References
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Single-player online games
Human–computer interaction