An “eco” concept for Cabestany’s new play area
Between Koh-Lanta and Ninja warrior, Fort-Boyard and Intervilles, the new e-koland game center located on Mas Guérido’s former V and B site will thrill fans with challenges to contend with.
In the huge room of 300 square meters, saws, sanders and hammers worked for months to develop cages and spaces that host many games and strategies to discover in teams or individually from the age of 10. Adrenaline is guaranteed for those who will be up to the challenges on offer. Once inside, participants are immersed in a world survivors the end of the world. Players will have to push the limits of agility, patience, and ingenuity to compete against opponents in an apocalyptic world. Our goal is to export virtual gaming into reality while staying connected, explains Cyril Taquet, founder of the idea and owner of the company. We can talk here about a mix between the video game and the series. The participant has a player profile and is constantly improving his performance. He works to save humanity while facing himself. Over the course of an hour and a half, points are accumulated and screens display the results gained in the courses. The idea is to bring people together, especially young people, to get them out of their homes, without leaving their mobile phones at the entrance, so that they can find their digital worlds outside the screens with the feeling that they are still there, because you can face your favorite Youtuber. We put people at the heart of the game.”
With regard to the fabrication of the structures, the proposed scheme, which is unique in its kind, is based on an environmentally responsible approach. “87% of the materials used are recovered and recycled. We mainly use wood. Eco concept in a way. We only asked local companies for development, IT and decoration. Currently, we employ four people but two more will soon join us and the workforce will be ten people by the end in 2023.”
But the designers’ big idea is to multiply the e-koland all over Occitania to make the competitors play at the same time the Intervilles way. Two more cities have already been identified in early 2023 and connections are being doubled on the national territory. “We are also planning competitions between teams from companies in the department. They can already contact us.”reveals Cyrille Taquet.
With family, friends or alone, competitors can enter whenever they want, on demand, and play endlessly on different simulations always.
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