Sherlock Holmes will be starring on the digital screen as well as returning to the silver screen, thanks to the development of a new adventure learning game designed to help people across the world enhance their English writing and speaking skills
Digital 2.0, the UK’s leading serious games company has brought to life the globally recognisable British icon by utilising innovative gaming technology that will detect the user’s ability, ensuring he or she gets the most appropriate and tailored experience from the game.
The Sherlock Holmes Adventure game will be a mission based adventure game featuring all the well known characters and story lines from the iconic Sherlock Holmes books, helping users gain a better understanding of the English language, whether English is their first or second language. Players embark on a world of mystery, observation and deduction, in order to accomplish levels and sections of the game, drawing upon quirky Sherlock Holmes scenarios so that the player can live the game through the characters and become part of their storyline.
Embedded in the tasks are English learning techniques which players will be required to solve, in order to gain points, status and abilities within the game.
It is no surprise that Digital 2.0 should be involved in such a high-profile and innovative game given the company’s heritage and expertise. Based in the Heart of England, Digital 2.0 have worked with companies such as Shell and IBM, to name but a few, and have the ability to draw upon a wealth of expert knowledge through collaboration with other companies in the region.
Such collaboration can be showcased with the NEO game, which is a revolutionary new Massively Multiplayer Online Social Game featuring a Global-first in the shape of the use of good deeds as a currency – in turn creating a new breed of online gaming dynamics.
Created by Digital 2.0 and Neo.org, gamers register for the game and can then complete ‘good deed missions’ increasing their NEO’s. When a player completes more missions and tasks, their ranking within the community increases – granting them more privileges such as being able to assign missions to other players. Gamers can also join groups with similar goals adding to the community aspect of the game.
The NEO game also allows people to blog and post updates onto other popular social networking platforms, comment on forums, rate missions and players and create or subscribe to RSS feeds, and use widgets to ensure a strong community can prosper.
For more information on Digital 2.0, visit www.digital2point0.com