In a teamspan of one year, we produced two games for Rijksmuseum. One of the most well-known museums in the Netherlands, located in Amsterdam.
TWO EXPERIENCES
ABOUT THE GAME
Made in collabaration with
Iamprogrez &
IT Randsteden
Rijksmuseum op Hol
Museums try countless things to engage children with their exhibitions, from quests to scavenger hunts.
The Rijksmuseum decided to do something out of the ordinary and commissioned us to make a Minecraft world designed to let children throw themselves into the classic arts.
We made a game that tricks children into learning about the art in the gallery, engaging with it via a medium they understand: Minecraft.
Play this game (Dutch)
WHAT WE MADE
The Gallery of Honour
is on the run!
Students start in a digital replica of the main gallery. It has to open in half an hour, but there is an issue: the paintings have escaped! An ostrich, a cow, the Jewish Bride, and many more iconic paint objects all walk, fly and hop through the museum halls.
By giving short explanations we stimulate students to find connections between a description of an object and its corresponding painting.
With equal amounts of understanding and trial and error, the children will be able to connect the objects to the descriptions, and hang The Night Watch, The Milkmaid and The Threatened Swan back to their original position.
WHY IT WORKS
Combining interests
with disinterests.
Children are generally speaking not attracted to the history of art. What painters painted some few hundred years ago tends to be too distant for them to be experienced as interesting.
Instead, they’ll play video games to pass the time. With a game that teaches them, whilst playing, about the classic arts, they are invited to engage with Rembrandt and Vermeer in a language they can relate to.
Made in collabaration with
Iamprogrez &
IT Randsteden
ABOUT THE GAME
Made in collabaration with
Iamprogrez
Rijksmuseum op Pootjes
Due to the major success of Rijksmuseum on the Run, the concept of incorporating a new exhibition, Crawly Creatures, in Minecraft was unavoidable. This exhibition goes paired with the Dutch Children Books Week 2022 themed Gi-Ga-Groen!
By introducing children digitally to the art, we aspire to encourage children to visit the exhibition and explore the wonderous world of the crawly creatures.
Play this game (Dutch)
WHAT WE MADE
Catch the crawly creatures!
Students take off in the digitally recreated garden of the Rijksmuseum, where they will be introduced to a still life painting. There’s only one problem. Something weird is going on with the artwork: all the creatures of the painting have escaped and are nowhere to be seen!
Through completing short quests and answering questions regarding the garden and its history, students can locate the lost creatures and return them to the painting.
WHY IT WORKS
Learn about art and nature.
Students experience the painting in an extra dimension by learning more about each specific creature which can be found in the world. By providing the possibility to learn more about species, habitats, culture and history, we give children the opportunity to develop their own interests.
The game allows students to observe a still life from up close and down to the details, causing them to take a look at art in a different way than they normally would.
Made in collabaration with
Iamprogrez
