Start your journey by sabotaging other captains in a race to build a ship and set sail into an ocean of adventures. While traversing the treacherous waters of the northern Atlantic, wield the Lie Detector to reveal the Spanish Spies that are trying to sabotage your voyage. To conclude the final chapter of the trilogy, engage in a fun, multiplayer, naval mayhem. Earn your right to settle on land and defend your fortification using VR binoculars to devise the enemy's strategy.

EXPLORNESIA INTRODUCTION

Explornesia is a trilogy of independently-playable games interlaced by a transmedia world. The games leverage an ancient imperial rivalry between Portugal and Spain in a race to conquer the Macaronesia, four archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean, during the 15th century.

EXPLORENESIA: THE AGE OF EXPLORENESIA (BOARD GAME)

Start the Macaronesia journey by playing this fun and immersive board game. In this game your objective is to collect the necessary resources to build your own ship and obtain the king's approval to set sail. All the resources gathered need to be stored in a warehouse until the player is ready build the ship, this opens an opportunity for rivals to break into your warehouse and steal some of your ship parts. The Age of Explornesia invokes players competitive spirit in a race to get the resources, while at the same time provides the opportunity for negotiation and sabotage.

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Board

Players traverse the board in order to obtain the necessary resources to build and maintain their ship. If a player lands on a warehouse, they can opt to lock pick it and steal another player’s valuable resource with the risk of getting caught and be thrown to prison.

Token

These are the tokens the player uses to traverse the board. Designed after a compass to help the player maintain the direction they were going. The tokens were modeled and 3D printed.

Mistery Cards

These cards alter the dynamic of gameplay, making it more interesting.

Crew Cards

These cards represent the manpower and their supplies of your future ship. Without crew to help you navigate you cannot set sail.

Ship Parts Cards

These cards represent the necessary parts, like sails, to build ship.

Weapons Cards

These cards represent the weapons your ship and crew would need to face the dangers ahead.

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EXPLORENESIA: THE CREW (SOCIAL DEDUCTION GAME)

In Explornesia: The Crew, an imperial Portuguese navy set sails to control the future of the Macaronesian archipelago, but their efforts are being hinder by Spanish infiltrators that are sabotaging the voyage. Depending on the player’s nationality they will need to fulfill two different objectives to win the game. Portuguese must pass, successfully, a minimum number of quests/tasks or make all Spanish spies “walk the plank”. For the Spanish faction, the objective is to make the quests/tasks fail while deceiving the Portuguese into killing their own brethren. In this game, players in the role of Captain will have access to an innovating technology that will help him or her uncover the loyalty of their crew members. A heart beat sensor from a smartwatch coupled with a smartphone application, work as a lie detection device that adds an interesting interaction to the overall game experience.

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Nationality Card

Nationality cards determine your faction during the game. In this case, the player would be a Spanish spy. The other nationality is Portuguese.

Role Card

Role cards define your part on the crew during each task. You can either be a Crew Member or The Captain. The Captain has the power to interrogate a Crew Member with the lie detector should a task fails and make him or her walk the plank if found guilty.

Ship Task Card

These tasks are the one the Spanish are trying to sabotage. If a certain number of task fail, then the Spanish win the match.

Explornesia: Lie Detector App

This is Explornesia: The Crew Lie Detector App. The app will tell the captain if the crew member under interrogation is calm or nervous based on their heart rate variavility.

Explornesia Smartwatch App

The smartwatch is used as non-intrusive physiological sensors to interpret the player's heart rate variability into an emotional state, such as calmness or nervousness.

Voting Cards

Voting card are given to all crew member on each task to determine its outcome. The card has a switch mechanism that allows the player to cast their vote. A "No" vote makes that task fail.

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EXPLORENESIA: THE BATTLE (DIGITAL & VR GAME)

In Explornesia: The Battle, imperial Portuguese and Spanish navies engage in a multiplayer naval chaos to earn their right to settle on land. But despite all efforts, the player still needs to defend their fortifications from enemy attacks using VR binoculars to always be one step ahead.