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You are invited to the Open Beta of FRANKLIN’S SECRET CITY: A Smartphone App-Adventure for two players aged 10-100
JUNE 8-SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
You and your partner are the newest recruits to The New Promethean Society, a secret society created to protect some of Benjamin Franklin’s more clandestine – and dangerous – discoveries. Your task: check out some odd spikes in bioether, a mysterious force that Franklin discovered back in the 1780s, a force that runs through everything and seems to hold the key to a number of strange powers over space and time. It’s probably nothing — but sometimes these missions, to make sure bioether doesn’t fall into the wrong hands, can lead you down a twisting path of puzzles and oddities embedded in Philadelphia’s historical relics, as the Society confronts shadowy forces seeking to use bioether for their own ends.
When and Where to Go:
Daylight hours, starting at Signer’s Garden, Southeast corner of 5th and Chestnut, Philadelphia.
System Requirements:
BOTH players need either a iPhone 6S or newer, running iOS 13 or higher or Android 8 or later and headphones.
How to get the app:
Click on this link to sign up. or copy this address into your browser: https://forms.gle/S3SrcRoe4s1nYyxY6.
Once you fill out the form, you will be able to download the user’s manual and get instructions on how to get the app.
**All participants should download the user’s manual and open the app at home first!**
If you have submitted the form and have not received email instructions within 5 minutes, please check your spam folder. If the instructions are not in your spam folder, please email [email protected].
After the adventure, please fill out this survey!
Still have questions? Check out our FAQ page.
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS!
This project was made possible by
The Independence Foundation; the Library Company; and a generous donation from lead donors Jean and Marc Machiz.
CREDITS
Pig Iron Theatre Company
In association with the Library Company
Presents
FRANKLIN’S SECRET CITY
By Robert Quillen Camp and Dan Rothenberg
Featuring:
Izzy Sazak as Persephone Poledouris
Grace McLean as The Factuary
Johnnie Hobbs III as Kenneth Moonstone
Additional Voices by:
Fred Brown, Jenson Lavallee, Edward Posnett, Sarah Sanford and James Sugg
Script and Concept: Robert Quillen Camp and Dan Rothenberg
UX Design/Lead Unity Developer: Lisa Szolovits
UI Design: Yichan Wang
Original Music by Rosie Langabeer and Josh Machiz
Sound Design: Robert Quillen Camp
Prototyper/ Unity Coder: Arnab Chakravarty
Server and Bluetooth Consultant: Dave Tennent
Additional Unity Design: Robert Quillen Camp and Jacob Gilbert
Direction: Dan Rothenberg
Production and Stage Management: Jacob Gilbert and Adam Swez
This project was made possible by
The Independence Foundation; the Library Company; and a generous donation from lead donors Jean and Marc Machiz.