Designed by Eric Viennot, Inside  is a mobile game promoting the Prix Littéraire des Lycéens (literary prize for students). The game is a playful way to discover the 12 selected books.

It is available on the App Store and Google Play.

L’histoire

INSIDE features a character of the selection: Gabriel, a hero in Bonbons Atomiques – the comic book written by Pastor. Gabriel mysteriously went out of the book. He is lost and needs help to go back home. In order to do that, the player has to solve puzzle and face obstacles. The adventure will make him travel through the differents books, where he will meet colorful and endearing characters and discover many countries.

Gameplay

Screenshots of the game

This transmedia adventure game on smartphone mixes reflexion, mini-games and augmented reality:

• The player has to solve puzzles for each book
• Once the puzzle is solved, the player has to use augmented reality to move Gabriel from one book to the other
• Then, he has one more challenge, linked to the book’s univers

The main design challenge for Inside was to create a coherent story, considering the various univers of the different books.