MED GAIMS project aims to revolutionize the tourist site experience by gamifying it, with both analog and digital applications. The project applies game design to create experiences for tourists, and as a result, gives a necessary competitive edge to the attractiveness of less-known sites.
Under the broad thematic umbrella of “Discovery”, the games must help tourists to discover and experience a touristic spot beyond the simple observation. The idea is to encourage the creative freedom of entrepreneurs, creative workers, and game designers with a competition to offer 20 funded grants for game development at selected tourism sites (5 per partner country, i.e. Italy, Spain, Lebanon, Jordan).
In Spain, the two selected destinations are the city center of Vilanova i la Geltrú and its seafront. The selected tourist spots are Museum Víctor Balaguer, Casa Papiol, Plaça de la Vila, Railway Museum, The Old Quarter, The Market, Espai Far, Passeig del Carme, Bunkers.
Through the hackathons and Creatives Labs, each country will select 5 winner proposes. The Grant size will be between 10,000-15,000 euros per game, depending on the type of game (10.000 euros for analog games and 15.000 for digital games).
Program
Saturday
08h00 – Registration
09h00 – Welcome Auditorium (2nd floor)
10h00 – Team work
10h30 – Mentoring
12h00 – Delivery of the proposal
13h00 – Working time / lunch
15h00 – Mentoring
18h00 – First pitch
20h30 – Dinner
23h00 – Closing doors
Sunday
08h00 – Registration
10h00 – Team work / mentoring
13h00 – Team work / lunch
16h45 – Delivery presentations
17h30 – Final pitch
19h00 – Jury’s deliberation
20h00 – Award ceremony
MED GAIMS is co-funded by ENI CBC Med, the EU funded Programme which finances cross-border cooperation projects in the Mediterranean area. It runs over a period of three years and started on 1st of September, 2019.