Orange & Lexis Numérique Attempts to Redefine Storytelling with Alt Minds
Are you starting to think that the conventional way of telling a story is starting to get a little bit boring? Do you long for the days that you can progress through a particular narrative whatever you’re doing, by using your mobile phone, your tablet device and a plethora of other means? Well, it seems that Orange (the mobile phone company) and Lexis Numérique have had the same feelings and are coming together to bring players Alt Minds, a transmedia detective story that will be available from Autumn 2012.
Alt-Minds is an episodic, paranormal thriller that takes players on a captivating journey throughout Europe as they attempt to solve a series of mysterious kidnappings. Players will be able to navigate through the story through a variety of different methods including a series of casual games that they’ll be able to play on their smart devices. Check out the trailer below:
Eric Viennot, co-founder and Artistic Director of Lexis Numérique, has this to say about the upcoming project:
“We are working with Orange to explore a new type of fiction, one which I hope will become part of the history of transmedia, a format which we started with In Memoriam back in 2003. These online experiences break down the walls between fiction and reality by offering spectators/players an unprecedented level of immersion in the story.”
The Alt-Minds transmedia adventure is scheduled to start in Autumn 2012, and will be available in Europe in English, French, German and Spanish.
Martin Baker
By day I play video games, test video games or just simply write about them. By night I fight crime on the streets of London as a masked vigilante known only to a select few ... damn SECRET identity. Could never get the hang of that.
I've been writing about video games for about 10 years now, and playing them for even longer, starting off with a Spectrum ZX passed down to me in about 1988. Yes, I used to play games that came on cassettes. Yes, they were AWESOME!
I've been writing for God is a Geek since October 2010 and loving every minute of it, aside from that I write for my own website and work as a video game tester for Testology. So, yeah, I'm pretty much living the life of a gamer, and I don't intend stopping anytime soon thank you very much.
Unless I run out of money, then we might have a problem.
