Invisible Buildings was created for children aged from 7-9 with a grant from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) in conjunction with Brighton University. It was designed as a way of introducing the curriculum subject – The Romans, in a Time Team like way of allowing children to discover and dig up a Roman villa from the comfort of their […]
Here is all the information you need to build a set of equipment to play the game, plus other constructional stuff if you are feeling adventurous.
An outdoor location-based game – archaeology – history “the best day of my life!”
You are ready to start playing a game of Invisible Buildings. Not so fast! Have a little look here to help you get going. As we put the finishing touches to the new version of Invisible Buildings, we have doubled the number of games that form the app up from 3, to 6. These are Site Survey, […]
There are 2 posts associated with pipes: in this section we discuss how you use the pipes when playing Invisible Buildings. The other post tells you how to make the equipment from scratch. Background When we first dreamed up the concept of Invisible Buildings, the idea was for a game to be played on a […]
First, you don’t absolutely have to have a picture. The default image is (or will be) a non-specific grid. The reason for having an image is that it will help you orientate yourself around the play area, by linking real items such as trees and buildings to their images on the screen (believe me it […]
If you have looked at our video, you will see 3 games played outdoors, followed by another drag-and-drop puzzle indoors. The new version now has 5 games to be played outdoors. The game has a general narrative where various archaeological clues lead to the discovery of a building, it’s mapping out, digging up, and finally […]
Begin by clicking on the “LocoMan” logo to open the start page. Currently this page looks like the image below and gives you information on which version you are running. If you have to get in touch for any reason, we will need to know the version you are running, the type of tablet (.e.g […]
You want to play Invisible Buildings – here’s the definitive guide to getting started First catch your hare – or rather buy your tablet. We recommend the Google Nexus 7 (currently £129.99 from Argus). Next, to get the App you need to join our Beta programme. Just ask at iv-beta@lomomatrix.com It’s useful too, to have […]
Introduction First off, you don’t have to build a set of pipes – the game will run perfectly well with just the tablet – the exception being that the tablet box we have designed lets you see what’s going on in bright sunlight and protects the tablet from mechanical harm and drizzle too. If you […]