Villa dei Quintili Adventure

Project insights #

Villa dei Quintili Adventure is a videogame for children developed by using Minecraft tools and features. The story of the game takes place inside Villa dei Quintili, a huge archeological site of a roman villa where the player will meet key figures linked to the story of the villa, (the emperor Commodus, the gladiator Narcissus and more). The videogame features the reconstruction of the whole archeological area styled accordingly to Minecraft block design. The adventure game design is the result of the delicate balance between entertainment and learning.

Official teaser

Project development #

After the investigation phase, understanding Minecraft workflow we started by bulding the world. Tha main challenge was to recreate an accurate but concise reproduction of the Roman Villa. We have been supported and guided by the archeological team of Villa dei Quintili.

While designing the environment we set a main storyline in collaboration with Explora team.

The charachters the player meet will give various objectives and tasks to the player covering battles, puzzles, time trials, dungeons and scavenger hunts that are intented to convey historical facts about the villa and its inhabitants.