The Centre Pompidou launches video game that invites the public to discover some its major works
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The Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, is launching Prisme7, its first video game, which invites the public to discover some major works from the collection of the Musée national d’art moderne, and interact with them.
Designed in association with Olivier Mauco of Game in Society and Abdel Bounane of Bright, Prisme7 immerses players aged 12 and over in a world of art and poetry.
Prisme7 is a fun yet educational platform game, freely available on mobiles (IOS/Android) and computers (PC/Mac), and has been designed for teenagers and adults seeking an insight into modern and contemporary creation. As they make their way between colour and light, players explore an organism that is constructed gradually as they discover the physical and sensory properties of the works of art.
As they interact with Le Rhinocéros by Xavier Veilhan, New York City by Piet Mondrian, Andy Warhol’s Big Electric Chair or the famous “pipes” of the Centre Pompidou building imagined by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, players progress on their way through the game.
After an initial introductory level (to familiarise themselves with the gameplay1), there are six game worlds where they can explore a selection of 40 iconic works from the Centre Pompidou collection, through the relationships between colour and function, colour and emotion or light and immersion. Prisme7 also immerses players in sound designed by Ircam Amplify, thus highlighting contemporary sound design creation.
The character in Prisme7 is represented by an entity made up of molecules of light. This avatar was chosen out of a wish for neutrality and to move away from the traditional representations in the video-game industry (human, animal or hybrid figures), so that each player can identify themselves with it.
Prisme7 was designed thanks to funding from the “Éduthèque Innovative Digital Services” (SINÉ) call for projects of the Ministry for national education and youth, aiming to support innovative projects targeting teachers and pupils with the support of digital-sector start-ups and SMEs.
