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The Archive

What if all the seemingly insignificant artefacts from our life were carefully filed and catalogued? The sugar packet from the café where you had your first break up, the doodle on the back of your high school notebook, a message you should have sent but didn’t?

The Archive is an interactive experience where you become the archivist, piecing together the small moments in the lives of two teenagers and discovering how, when stitched together, these easily missed memories and experiences can become the key to something everyone is searching for. The Archive is a screen based experience, embedded in an archive ‘office’ environment.

The project has been funded by XR Stories and PlayOn! and developed by Pixelcloud.

Writers

Writer 60 seconds Zodwa Nyoni

Writer Last Game of the Season Lydia Marchant

Actors

The Archivist Tyrone Huggins

Voice of Lubna Purvis Parmar

Voice of Brandon Adam Kane

Voice of Coach Sarah Rorke

Concept

Lucy Hammond

Johannes May

Christoph Rasulis

Production Team

Creative Production Lucy Hammond

Gameplay Developer Johannes May

Game Designer Christoph Rasulis

Art Director Patrick Poelchau

Software Development Rolf Rothgerber

Sound Designer Charlotte Bickley

Academic Partner & Consultant Ben Kirman (University of York)

Archivist Video by Ed Sunman / Fresh Label

Additional Video Sam Johnson

Additional Photographs Khaled Aljawad

Additional Art by Percy Ollive, Camille Walesch

Gallery

A screenshot from the game The Archive. It shows a computer's desktop with some folders and a background with pipes, documents, and pressure gauges.

A screenshot from the game The Archive. It shows a computer's desktop with an open folder with three files that can be selected.

A screenshot from the game The Archive. It shows a computer desktop with an open file that presents the player with an interactive room with windows and furniture.

A screenshot from the game The Archive. It shows a computer desktop with an open file that is a letter.

A screenshot from the game The Archive. It shows a computer desktop with an open file that presents the player with a video of a rugby pitch.