LOST CITY OF MER

Cross Platform, Immersive, Interactive Smartphone App and VR Experience

Director/Producer/Writer Liz Canner

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ABOUT

Lost City of Mer is a Virtual Reality and Phone App game experience created in response to the impact of global warming and the need for citizens to take action to reduce their personal carbon footprint.

Explore the remnants of Mer, a magical lost civilization, and bring it back to life by overcoming challenges, planting vibrant coral gardens, and lowering your real-world Carbon footprint.

Interactive Innovation

Lost City of Mer is a cross-platform interactive experience that combines a smartphone app with VR.

The project utilizes a groundbreaking living narrative structure where your real-world actions impact the story that unfolds in VR.

The phone app, which directly interfaces with the VR world, enables you to win rewards in the virtual world, through cutting carbon emissions in the real world.

Win rewards and unlock adventures for walking instead of driving, and lowering your CO2 footprint. Learn about how much CO2 is released when you drive.

Download the app prototype from the Apple Store and TestFlight at this link here!

Built on Climate Change Science

Lost City of Mer is built on science in order to educate and activate the general public about the threat climate change poses to the health of our planet. Coral reefs support a quarter of all marine species and are one of the most important ecosystems on earth. It is estimated that by 2050 most of them will be gone if there is no large scale action.

In Lost City of Mer learn about ocean temperature rise and acidification, the threat posed by pollution, over-fishing and solutions.

Based on Fantasy

The mysterious underwater Mer civilization and much of its flora and fauna have been destroyed. You are the first Mer Baby born in decades. Athina, a baby seal, befriends you and takes you on a journey through the remnants of the metropolis.

You swim, using unique navigation developed especially for the game, and witness the devastating effects of ocean temperature rise and acidification which have ruined Mer’s ecosystem. Information bubbles explain climate change science (coming soon in Chapter Two) and gameplay rewards action such as planting coral and reducing your carbon footprint. The more you invest in positive action and life creation, the more vibrant and stunning the ecosystem will become.