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Home » Adventures in Interactive Storytelling

The Project

We worked with 63 young people aged 11 – 19 from 3 schools to support them to create an interactive, illustrated gamebook for tablet and smartphone. Young people took part in plotting, writing, illustrating, app design and coding workshops. We had a diverse group of participants, so the workshops were targeted to their individual interests, aptitudes, abilities and educational needs. Young people worked with professional writers, illustrators, musicians and developers. The final game book is available on the iOS App Store and Google Play.

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The App

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In a world where robots rule the land and humans are discarded, Binary Decoded follows the story of Pye, a fourteen year old who will discover her true identity.

app-store-badgeShe thinks she’s a new experimental robot, but her world is about to be flipped upside down, and she will find out her whole life has been a lie.

Will the authorities discover her secret?

In this action packed interactive game, YOU WILL DECIDE!

Now more than 4000 downloads worldwide!

100% five-star reviews on Google Play!

Funders

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Arts Council England are the major funder, having given us Grants For The Arts funding of just under £15,000
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Swindon Does Arts awarded us £500
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We raised just under £800 through our Crowdfunder campaign

Partners

  • Commonweal School Physical Impairment Unit, for young people with physical disabilities
  • Commonweal School Media Students
  • Crowdys Hill School, for young people with complex educational needs
  • Lydiard Park Academy, enrichment group
  • STEP: Swindon 10 – 18 Project

Our partner schools and youth groups contributed £7000 of in-kind support in terms of their time and their venues.

Binary: Decoded and Binary: Decoded+ gather no personal data.

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Binary: Decoded and Binary: Decoded+ gather no personal data.

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articles on news websites - print articles - front page news

Publicity

articles on news websites – print articles – front page news

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pye cutout - lighting - venue decoration - game themed cakes - excited young people - proud parents - delighted funders - press

App Launch Event

pye cutout – lighting – venue decoration – game themed cakes – excited young people – proud parents – delighted funders – press

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testing Kwik - accessible coding - mentoring ability

Coding

testing Kwik – accessible coding – mentoring ability

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record dialogue - add post-production effects - create soundscapes for scenes

Dialogue and Soundscape

record dialogue – add post-production effects – create soundscapes for scenes

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research imagery - manipulate imagery to produce design

The Junkyard

research imagery – manipulate imagery to produce design

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brainstorm ideas - talk them through - shape ideas - share with other groups - review - structure and flowchart - script

Story and Game Development

brainstorm ideas – talk them through – shape ideas – share with other groups – review – structure and flowchart – script

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discuss commonweal's ideas for the city - research - print - cut and paste - mood board

Design The City

discuss commonweal’s ideas for the city – research – print – cut and paste – mood board

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mindmap ideas for pye's workshop - design and draw the background - design and draw items for hidden object game

Pye’s Secret Workshop

mindmap ideas for pye’s workshop – design and draw the background – design and draw items for hidden object game

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learn about using tenses and voices in creative writing - evaluate and discuss - choose a voice for our game

Choosing a Voice

learn about using tenses and voices in creative writing – evaluate and discuss – choose a voice for our game

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