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The great Wrocław dwarf rescue (pl_02)

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Version: 1.00
Status: NeedsReview
Location: Poland - Wroclaw

Explore the beautiful city of Wrocław, find its famous dwarf statues hidden near landmarks.

Content

Subjects:

  • Culture (x9)
  • History (x5)
  • Community (x4)
  • Education (x2)
  • Animal (x1)

Topics

Wroclaw Dwarves

Additional Cards

Centennial Hall
The Centennial Hall is a huge building that looks like a big tent with a roof. It’s very tall. Inside, you can see different shows, listen to concerts, or watch sports games.

Olga Tokarczuk
A famous Polish writer who lives in Wrocław.

Panorama Racławicka
A giant painting all around you about a historic battle.

Sky Tower Plaza
A modern plaza where people meet near the tower.

Town Hall
The place where city leaders work and meet.

Vistula River
Poland’s longest river; it flows to the Baltic Sea.

Wroclaw: Cathedral
A big, important church where people pray. You can climb the tower for a view.

Wrocław Market Square
The main square of the Old Town, full of life.

Wrocław Multimedia Fountain
Water that dances with music and colorful lights.

Old Town Hall (Wroclaw)
A beautiful Gothic building in the main square. It has a famous clock.

Wroclaw: Sky Tower
One of the tallest buildings in Poland. It has shops and a viewpoint.

Leonardo da Vinci Primary School
It’s a friendly place where children learn, create, and explore guided by curiosity, art, and science.

Map of Wroklaw
A simple map of Wrocław showing the Odra River with its islands and many bridges

Quest Script

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Words

Activities

Tasks

  • [Collect] FIND_DWARVES

Gameplay

  • Difficulty: Normal
  • Duration (min): 20

Credits

  • Jan Stasienko (Poland) (content)
  • Lorenzo Castrovilli (Italy) (design)
  • Stefano Cecere (Italy) (development)
  • Valeria Passarella (Italy) (design)
  • Vieri Toti (Italy) (design)

Game Design Notes

Mission
The player must explore a stylized map of Wrocław to find 10 unique dwarf statues. The quest involves simple exploration and collection, with key educational facts delivered through interactions with major landmarks like the Old Town Hall and the Cathedral. A small quiz-like interaction at the Cathedral must be completed to collect one of the dwarves. The ultimate goal is to gather all the dwarves to unlock the Sky Tower elevator.

Characters:
The Dwarf Expert (Guide): A friendly guide who explains the mission and the magical nature of the dwarves.
Special Dwarves: The "Bishop Dwarf" who asks questions, and the "Keymaster Dwarf" who guards the elevator.

Knowledge Content

Facts about Wrocław:

  • It is the third (3) biggest city in Poland.
  • The dwarf is the official symbol of the city.

Landmark Recognition: To identify and learn about the Old Town Hall, the Cathedral, and the Sky Tower.

Basic Definitions: To understand that a Town Hall is where the city's leaders work and a Cathedral is a large, important church where people pray.

Flow

Mission: We start on the campus of the Leonardo School. The player meets the "Dwarf Expert."

Dwarf Expert: "Oh no, it's terrible! Your friend Antura is stuck on the observation deck of the Sky Tower! The mischievous Wrocław dwarves locked the elevator. They love games! The only way to get them to open it is to find 10 of their friends who are hiding around the city. Will you help me find them?"

The Hunt - Part 1 (Old Town) The player must find several dwarves in fun, interactive ways (e.g., clicking on a bench to make a dwarf pop out from behind it). In the first part we hide 7 dwarfes

Dwarfs stories For each we play [Activity Jigsaw puzzle]

Dwarf 0 - The origin of Dwarfs They became the symbol of Wrocław and first appeared in that context in 2003, although they were used as a resistance movement in the 1980s against the communist regime.

"Wrocław is the city of dwarfs. You can find them everywhere: on sidewalks, in squares, and in the Wrocław Market Square. They are a big group of little city residents, like the Coach, Sleepyhead, Kind One, Firefighters, Forget-Me-Not, and many more."

Dwarf 1: The Old Town Hall
The player approaches the beautiful Town Hall building. A pop-up appears: A "Councilor Dwarf" is found on the steps.

EN: "This is the magnificent Old Town Hall. It's a very old and important building where the city's leaders work."

Dwarf 2 - The Cathedral & Quiz
The player reaches the Cathedral. A special "Bishop Dwarf" statue blocks the path to a collectible dwarf behind it. [Activity Puzzle with a dwarf]

Dwarf 3 - ZOO Fact Integration
The player finds an "Animal Lover Dwarf" sitting next to a large, colorful poster that reads: "Visit the Wrocław ZOO - The Biggest in Poland!" (it’ll be Quest PL 04)

Dwarf 4 - Centennial Hall
EN: The Centennial Hall is a huge building that looks like a big tent with a roof. It’s very tall. Inside, you can see different shows, listen to concerts, or watch sports games.

Dwarf 5 - The Wrocław Multimedia Fountain one of the largest operating fountains in Europe, is a multimedia musical fountain, that offers nightly displays of Multimedia Shows that use different coloured lights.

EN: The Wrocław multimedia fountain is a place where water dances to music and colorful lights. Every summer show is a beautiful story told with water and light.

Dwarf 6 - Panorama Racławicka a museum in Wrocław that displays the painting by Wojciech Kossak and Jan Styka, showing the events of a battle of Raclawice. Its dimentions are 1500x11400 cm.

EN: The Racławice Panorama is a giant painting that shows a big battle. It’s so big that it goes all around you, and when you stand in the middle, you feel like you’re part of the story.

Dwarf 7 - Olga Tokarczuk polish writer who was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is living in Wrocław. EN: In Wrocław lives Olga Tokarczuk. She is the most famous Polish writer. The characters in her books often live in Lower Silesia, the region where Wrocław is the main city.

The Hunt - Part 2 (Sky Tower): ** After finding the first 7 dwarves, we can enter the Sky Tower to find the final 3** hidden in the modern plaza around its base.

Unlocking the Tower: With the Dwarf Counter showing 10/10, the player approaches the elevator doors of the Sky Tower, which are blocked by a "Keymaster Dwarf" with a giant key.