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OUR MISSION  is to immerse audiences in the finest storytelling - often using new media, games, AR, VR and 360 film.  

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EPISODICAL 

 

 

 

Players lead Willa through ever more spectacular gate towers. After checking in with Priory HQ first gate-tower an isometric recreation of Newgate Jail where you dodge the self-loathing Jailer.  Get out of jail free, the next tower is Aldersgate Theatre and a world of exotic props and toys backstage where the masks have the final word. From comedy to tragedy, Cripplegate Hospital tower comes next. Here, mercy killing is recommended (go there, you’ll see why). Play your cards rightfor a warm welcome at Moorgate Inn next where an excursion to Bedlam is on offer. Brewers are the rockstars of Aldgate and their attic is an enchanted Hop Forest, last stop before the Tower of London. Mashing up of fact and fiction throughout, this is home to Henry VIII, a couple of his late wives, Beefeater guards and The Executioner. You need to find the Royal Mint, win the Crown Jewels  palace labyrinthe Royal Mint, an Armoury and Crown Jewels as they hunt for the cell where the prisoner is held.

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The first iteration of the game "City Run London" in beta was featured  on the AppStore Christmas week 2016. Bugs were found, it was fixed and re-released with patches in March 2017 for Amazon, too. Further levels and gameplay was added, for it's re-release a few months later as "Mission 1545" to STEAM, where you will find it today.

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FEATURES

  • Explore over 50 settings of Tudor London.    

  • Immerse yourself in the rich lore of Mission 1545 with hand-drawn animated cutscenes and star quality voice acting.    

  • Smoky medieval electronica and choral soundtrack by multi award-winning composer Martyn Ware.

  • Subtitled in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Korean

 

MAKING THE GAME 

City Quests Media is a small team making games in history using rich 3D soundscapes, stories and non-combat play. The soundtrack was composed by Martyn Ware. World renowned surrealist illustrator, Finlay Cowan worked directed by Natasha Seery re-imagining the real city gates and cast of characters scripted by London’s favourite writer-historian, David Long. Isabelle Allen (Les Miserables) voices Willa, and vocal chameleon Enn Reitel (Spitting Image, Tintin, Monty Python) plays most of the men.

2023 -  PURGATORY  

6 seasons x 6 episodes 

 

 “PURGATORY” is a SUPERNATURAL ANTHOLOGY SERIES set in the past and present day.  Once a year, the Gates of Hell open on Halloween and condemned souls lucky enough to leave Purgatory, return to today’s world with 36 hours to unravel the cause of their unrest and redeem themselves.  If they fail, they return to Purgatory forever.

 

THE SERIES is Neo-Noir and promises to be a lightning rod for horror fans looking for a new spin on Halloween, with enough real history to resonate with time travel/costume drama junkies. PURGATORY is a trip into the Twilight Zone with Outlander’s promise of Forevers.

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Supported by the Corporation of London, Enterprise England, Tate Modern, the Museum of London, the award-winning team behind this progressive and new virtual reality style experience for citizens and tourists will be unmissable family show with it's 3d immersive sound and wraparound panoramic 180 and 360 film designed by Martyn Ware from Human League and Heaven 17, a magic script by  legendary Hollywood Screenwriter Jim Hart (a favourite with Spielberg, Scorcese et al) with David Long Engish author and historian. These shows are like 'having Pink Floyd in your back yard'  cool vintage film mixed virtual and augmented reality AR MR VR time out art music weekend vibe. In the show you'll visit underground and mainstream attractions including  St Paul's  Cathedral, the Tower of London, St Bartholomew The Great church, Blackfriars, Guildhall crypt, Denis Severs House, livery company Worshipful company of Apothecaries, and more.

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​VIDEO GAMES

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2023: REVENANTS RISING

sci-fi action-adventure role-playing game (RPG) set in 2047, a time of conflict between the living and undead; the VAMPIRES, a determined band of freedom fighters who are the misunderstood heroes of this world fighting for their un-lives against human faith-based armies, the FORCES OF GOD (FOG), who are out to exterminate them.  Contact us for more...

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2016: MISSION 1545 

Avoid deadly traps and guards lurking around every corner in this ancient underworld. Strategize the safest route across each level - you can't fight back if you're spotted! Traverse seven gate-towers along the London Wall before reaching the Tower of London.  Experience the vivid, colorful world of Tudor London as you explore and eavesdrop on the ghosts you wake in there.

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