Get cracking – and join the Big Fix Up adventure!
THE wait is nearly over for Wallace and Gromit’s latest adventure – a trip into the world of augmented reality in which Bristol takes centre stage.
As part of the fun build-up to the launch of the app, the Post has been running a cartoon strip every day setting the scene for Wallace and Gromit’s adventure – and today we’re publishing the final strip of the 10-part series.
The cartoon tells how Wallace & Grimit set up Spick and Spanners ready for their big new adventure.
For the first time ever, er, Wallace and Gromit will bring fans directly into their advendventures via The Big Fix Up: a first of its kind, free storydriven experience that promises to bring together gether the popular characters acters and state-of-the-art technology.
Partnering with multi award-winning animation mation studio Aardman, Fictionictioneers: a consortium of British companies including luding Potato, Sugar Creative ve and
Tiny Rebel Games, s, with research support from the University niversity of South Wales, is producing g an exciting augmented and mixed d reality lit experiexperi ence featuring Wallace & Gromit and backed by funding from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI).
Fans will be able to join Wallace and his faithful hound as their latest business venture, Spick & Spanners, takes on the contract of a lifetime: to ‘Fix Up’ Bristol. Fans will be invited to download a free app and play along at home, and for the first time be able to step directly into the world of Wallace & Gromit – from fixing Wallace’s malfunctioning techno-trousers, to saving their rocket.
The new story is an entirely homebased experience, meaning it is accessible to all with a recent ARcompatible smartphone (see www. thebigfixup.co.uk/deviceguide).
Thanks to 3D mapping platform, Fantasmo, Fictioneers will bring together an unprecedented cityscale augmented reality experience, which will see Bristol city centre come to life at home – bringing College Green and Millenium Square directly into your home.
Susan Cummings, co-founder of Fictioneers and managing director of Tiny Rebel Games, said: “We’re thrilled to be working with our friends at Aardman to deliver the first augmented Wallace Wal & Gromit story.
“We “We, at Fictioneers, are on a mission to innovate storyt storytelling with our groun groundbreaking methodology ology. It is a rare privilege to be able to do so with some of the most beloved anim animated characters in the worl world and to give fans the first opportunity to join in Wall Wallace & Gromit’s story.”
Aa Aardman’s Merlin Cros Crossingham, creative dire director of Wallace & Gromit, said: “Aardman is a multi- multi-faceted faceted creative studio and is just as happy with classic film making as it is w with new and emerging technologies. Wallace and Gromit’s heart and soul is in stop motion, but they have often dabbled in the cutting-edge of tech, and this is one of those occasions.
“We are delighted to join forces with the amazing folk at Fictioneers to take Wallace and Gromit on a new adventure in such a groundbreaking way.”
The app is set for release on January at 18, but fans can head over to thebigfixup.co.uk to pre-order now.
And keep an eye on the Post for further developments.