Reactivating the fire can be a way to educate about the importance of rebuilding
In 2019 we saw the Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, they catch fire. A vision that shook the world and stimulated proposals for reconstruction. Almost three years after the tragedy, the French film “Notre-Dame on Fire” was released, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, which chronicles the events of that day and the efforts of the people involved in saving the burning landmark.
Annaud also contacted the game company Ubisoft, proposing the creation of a video game as an accompaniment to his film. Today, in collaboration with Pathé Films and Annaud himself, Ubisoft officially releases the game “Save Notre-Dame on Fire”.
“A multiplayer VR escape room experience that puts players as firefighters and challenges them to rescue sacred relics and put out the flames before time runs out,” reporter Mikel Reparaz explained in his interview with insiders. by Ubisoft.
Reparaz also said the game was created with input from firefighters sent to the cathedral.
During sessions – which must be played in an hour or less – players work together to keep flames at bay, solve puzzles to find the Crown of Thorns, escape the cathedral after its tower collapses, and put out the tower’s fire. . bell.
Elaborating this description, Deborah Papiernik, Ubisoft’s senior vice president, noted that the virtual rescue mission is a form of “educational entertainment” that highlights the cathedral’s historical significance and the need for reconstruction.
In addition, the multiplayer setting “pays homage to the work of the fire brigade, where collaboration and communication are essential”.
But for the savvy online gamers out there, Burning Notre-Dame brings to mind an old game released by Ubisoft in 2014: “Assassin’s Creed Unity”.
In fact, the cathedral was the centerpiece of this action-adventure video game set in Paris during the French Revolution. The authenticity of the game depended on artist Caroline Miousse, who spent two years analyzing the details of the cathedral to create an accurate representation.
Today, with “Save Notre-Dame on Fire”, Ubisoft has improved its digital rendering, showing more detail and precision in real life. To design the new renders, the company pulled out a 2014 VR model of the cathedral, perfecting it as much as possible to represent the latest architectural additions.
The team also based much of the game’s content on Annaud’s research and interviews for her film.
“It was great to have this model, which is very close to the Notre-Dame that everyone knows, which is the Notre-Dame that was created at the end of the 19th century, the one with the spire. But for the breakout game, we have he had to add some elements that weren’t in that model.
We had to include the north bell tower and the Virgin holding the child, who is also a central figure in the film. We also set up the scaffolding and the modern altar.
Elements like these are very important, because we are telling the story of the fire, but they didn’t exist in the model we had, “says Papiernik.
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