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  Rafael 14:05 on April 26, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: e-tourism, Gbanga Famiglia ( 83 ), location-based gaming ( 67 ), new audiences ( 39 ), player ( 31 ), promo ( 39 ), schweiz ( 8 ), weekly doodle ( 38 )   

  Gbanga Hotel Stoos Quest Winners 

  The Hotel Stoos Quest is over and the lucky winners can all now relax and unwind. That means literally! The 6 players who topped the quest’s leaderboard will each receive a special prize courtesy of Seminar- und Wellnesshotel Stoos. We hope you liked playing this innovative e-tourism mixed-reality quest!

  

  Gbanga Hotel Stoos Quest Winners

  For Seminar- und Wellnesshotel Stoos and Gbanga it was very exciting to watch the race for top ranks play out on the Hotel Stoos Quest leaderboard, with gameplay available exclusively for participants in Switzerland, Austria and Germany! The quest took place from March 22nd to April 25th 2012 and we would like to congratulate all players for their efforts.

  Winners

  Having collected and combined the largest number of star symbols, player Fresch is the winner, receiving a one night stay for two people at Seminar- und Wellnesshotel Stoos! Further winners are: fanaticdiver, ERICON, Jjack, fischa, icke and orxx who each win an exclusive “Day Spa”!

  Stay tuned, we’re preparing many new prize-filled quests for the coming weeks!

   

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  Rafael 09:21 on March 27, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: casual gaming ( 68 ), e-tourism, gamification ( 25 ), Gbanga Famiglia ( 83 ), start-ups ( 6 ), startup ( 6 ), swiss game ( 12 ), weekly doodle ( 38 )   

  House Trip and Poken join the Gbanga Startup Quest 

  After distributing the Doodle Mob prizes to winners – Orxx, Tikanis and Tiberius – the Gbanga Startup Quest welcome two more startups: House Trip and Poken who are offering the House Trip Villa and PokenCollect superpowers, respectively.

  

  Poken and House Trip join the Gbanga Startup Quest

  The PokenCollect item offered by Poken makes it easier and faster to form friendships with members of your Mafia Famiglia. While the House Trip Villa is a vacation house a worthy trophy for only the most notorious of mobsters that will produce valuable items over the course of one week (much like the Candy Labs). Stay tuned, as more startups will be added soon!

  What is the Startup Quest?

  The Startup Quest was created to raise awareness of the Swiss startup scene, and to explore the infinite possibilities of gamification. While playing the quest you are invited to visit the real-world location of each startup’s headquarters to collect their unique superpowers, which will give you power-up abilities in-game. Lucky players may also find superpowers by exploring Gbanga’s in-game world.

  Check out all the startups included thus far:

  • Dacuda
  • Memonic
  • Doodle
  • Sandbox-Network
  • Connex.io
  • GetYourGuide
  • Kooaba
   
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  Rafael 16:20 on March 22, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Austria, e-tourism, Gbanga Famiglia ( 83 ), Germany ( 3 ), marketing ( 19 ), new item ( 11 ), player ( 31 ), promo ( 39 ), schweiz ( 8 ), weekly doodle ( 38 )   

  Play and win in the Gbanga Hotel Stoos Quest 

  The Hotel Stoos Quest starts today and all Famiglia Mafiosi located in Switzerland, Germany and Austria are invited to participate in the most innovative location-based hospitality quest on the planet! Hotel Stoos is offering some great wellness prizes including 1-Day Spa vouchers and 1 night for 2 people in the Superior Room.

  

  Gbanga Hotel Stoos Quest

  To win the Hotel Stoos prizes, Famiglia players must complete seven different challenges, each leading to a different collecting race. The Hotel Stoos Quest runs until April 26th. You can find more information on the dedicated quest website.

  Good luck!

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  Markus 15:32 on November 14, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: e-tourism, game ( 9 ), Gbanga ( 20 ), showcases ( 7 ), swiss game ( 12 )   

  Gbanga Santa: A location-based advent calendar 

  This post is part of the showcase series of mixed-reality and location-based game projects that Gbanga has realized over the last 4 years.

  Did you know that Gbanga has released several successful games before Gbanga Famiglia? With more than 4 years experience in the location-based gaming market, Gbanga has developed some special titles including the edutainment game, Gbanga Zooh; the public-transport race game, Catch Mr. X; and the e-tourism application, Gbanga Ballenberg.

  The hunt for presents

  

  Gbanga Santa

  Back in in December 2009, Gbanga launched its mobile X-mas mixed-reality adventure for the first time. Santa Claus dropped presents over Zurich, Switzerland. It was up to the players to find and collect them. Everyone in Zurich could install Gbanga Santa on his or her mobile device and start the quest through the city. Each day, players received three hints from Gbanga Santa that helped mastering a variety of fun challenges and riddles, which finally lead to the location of the present. The virtual gifts could then be picked up. Each gift either revealed an instant win or the chance to participate in the drawing for the main daily prize.

  

  Ho ho ho!

  Gbanga Santa was the first interactive location-based advent calendar that allowed players to win prizes every day by finding a virtual gift box.

  Mixed-reality gaming

  Gbanga Santa is a great example of a mixed-reality game. While exploring the Gbanga virtual world, players constantly interact with their real-world surrounding. As they move through the city, the virtual world adapts based on the users’ physical position. Various tasks had to be solved in the virtual world and also in the real world or sometimes both at the same time.

  Hints like, “Santa is hungry!” “No wonder he’s got a big round belly.” “He would like to have some noodles.” “Where would you go if you were close to the lake?”, would refer to a famous noodle restaurant nearby the lake. Therefore, sponsors could decide where to place their daily prizes in order to attract people to a certain location.

  About Gbanga

  Gbanga is the cutting-edge game studio delivering location-based games in Switzerland and around the world since 2007. Besides releasing its own games, Gbanga investigates new technologies together with innovative partners.

  Sponsors:	Ovi by Nokia, Cake Friends, Ride, Blume 3000, L’Tur, Wagamama, Live in the Living
  Campaign:	Gbanga Santa
  Genre:	Seasonal game; advent calendar
  Year:	2009
  Concept and Creation:	Gbanga
  Production:	Gbanga
  Platforms:	Symbian, Java Mobile Edition (J2ME)

  For more showcases, visit gbanga.com/showcases.

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    Miahelenajones 17:33 on December 4, 2011 Permalink

    Check out this cute Mobile Advent Calendar in the countdown for christmas: ONLY ACCESS VIA MOBILE! Great for family, friends or yourself to recieve a cute surprise gift from 1st-24th December, really good price! I’ve already brought one for myself and my nieces, follow the link http://tinyurl.com/JeegoAdvent

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  Rafael 11:33 on October 27, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: augmented reality ( 10 ), ballenberg, casual gaming ( 68 ), e-tourism, gamification ( 25 ), Gbanga ( 20 ), location-based gaming ( 67 ), new audiences ( 39 ), serious gaming, showcases ( 7 )   

  Gbanga Ballenberg: E-Tourism on a mixed-reality scavenger hunt 

  This post is part of the showcase series of mixed-reality and location-based game projects that Gbanga has realized over the last 4 years.

  Did you know that Gbanga has released several successful games before Gbanga Famiglia. With more than 4 years experience in the location-based gaming market, Gbanga has developed some special titles including the edutainment game, Gbanga Zooh; the public-transport race game, Catch Mr. X; and a location-based advent calendar titled, Gbanga Santa.

  E-Tourism with Gbanga Ballenberg

  

  Gbanga Ballenberg

  Gbanga set up a mixed-reality scavenger hunt for 100 IMI University Centre students at open-air museum Ballenberg.

  Starting at a specific location in open air museum, students had to solve a series of riddles to progress through the quest. Riddles were scattered at a various GPS locations and as soon as players walked nearby, they would receive a riddle via Gbanga running on their mobile phone. The solution to the riddle would then be solved by exploring the surrounding area. For example, one answer was to be found inscribed on a metal plate hung on a wall. After typing-in the correct answer, the player automatically received a hint on where to go next.

  Once completing the quest, students had visited Ballenberg’s major highlights and gathered interesting historical information about the buildings in the park in an easy accessible, immersive and entertaining way.

  “For the project in Ballenberg we have chosen Gbanga as our partner since they ideally fit our needs in combining education, entertainment and tourism on one platform” says Lukas Ritzel, Lecturer at IMI University Centre

  

  Open-air museum visitors using Gbanga Ballenberg, the e-tourism game

  Mobile phone as an entertaining and involving source of information in tourism

  “Our students love technology and we see it as our responsibility to support that. Since we train our students for management positions it is key to observe and recognize future trends and include them in the schedule. Augmented reality and location-based services will shape the information supply for tourists. For the project in Ballenberg we have chosen Gbanga as our partner since they ideally fit our needs in combining education, entertainment and tourism on one platform. The event in Ballenberg gave proof and added value to the theme park through digital accessible location based information,” says Lukas Ritzel, Lecturer at IMI University Centre, TEDx Speaker and Affiliate Professor at Grenoble Graduate School of Business.

  Educational and entertainment

  The students stated that this form of edutainment delivered in a fun and sustainable way the historical information about the open-air museum and added value to visiting it. This kind of scavenger hunt can be easily applied to any place in the world to transfer information in an entertaining way. It is a supplementary offer for points of interest to attract visitors who would like to make their trips even more engaging and fun.

  About Gbanga

  Gbanga is the cutting-edge game studio delivering location-based games in Switzerland and around the world since 2007. Besides releasing its own games, Gbanga investigates new technologies together with innovative partners.

   

  Client:	IMI University Center, Lucerne
  Campaign:	Gbanga Ballenberg
  Gerne:	E-Tourism, serious gaming
  Year:	2010
  Concept and Creation:	Gbanga
  Production:	Gbanga
  Platforms:	iPhone, Symbian, Java Mobile Edition (J2ME)

  For more showcases, visit gbanga.com/showcases.