murder at the V&A
The Goody Bullet debuts at the V&A
Blast Theory's 'The Goody Bullet' was shown as part of the 'Lates' season at the V&A Museum in Kensington. Aint Rocket Science created the game's live status board in the style of the opening credits for a 70's disaster movie.
The Goody Bullet is an SMS game for up to 400 players that lasts for three hours.
A group of tourists are visiting an underground government bunker in the Welsh mountains. As the climax of the tour, you get to eat dinner in the huge ballroom hewn out of the rock. Disaster strikes when the massive metal doors of the room are locked from the outside and everyone is trapped. Unrest turns to panic when a tourist falls dead at their table. Then another, and another. Work out who is doing the killing and, for god's sake, save yourself.
The Game
The game is visually engaging, very quick to join and is designed to be played in a party atmosphere. It prompts conversations, allows strangers to chat to one another via SMS and develops a rich set of interactions in the virtual world of the game alongside the actual conversations in the room.
