Gbanga is a mobile platform for hosting an unlimited number of mixed-reality quests that are highly immersive and exciting to play with players around the world.
Gbanga blurs reality with fiction, augmenting your daily life with fun gaming experiences. The platform helps you connect with players through quests, challenges and compelling interactive stories on-the-go. In Gbanga, you change the course of the game simply by walking and relocating in the real world.
Mixed-reality quests are coordinated with Gbanga’s mobile app however quest elements may be located in the real-world. Like role-playing: real-world locations act as scenes, passersby turn into extras and ordinary objects become props.
Gbanga is a global community of friends and players connected through location-based quests. At any time of day, anywhere in the world, mixed-reality adventures are awaiting nearby. The platform also features a free alternative to mobile messages (SMS).
Besides being completely addicted to all forms of playful entertainment, the creators of Gbanga are also highly trained and experienced developers of games and distributed infrastructure! The team consists of the following players:
We have a dedicated and experienced advisory board.
Julio Perez and Matthias Sala thought about entertaining location-based services whilst working on their university project, "Smart Vacuum Cleaner," at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. In 2007, they built a prototype. In 2008, they commited full-time to the product to launch their first mixed-reality game Gbanga Zooh in 2009. In May 2010, Gbanga was published as an ongoing service available worldwide.
We certainly think so! As does the industry having nominating us for a bunch of awards:
We're actively hiring. If you think you could make a difference at Gbanga, check our job descriptions for open positions and drop Matthias a line. We're looking forward to hearing from you.
Are you as excited about Gbanga as we are?! Would you like to join us on our way to world domination? Then just call +41 43 536 67 01 and ask for Matthias, or drop us an email.
Gbanga is an innovative Swiss start-up, turning regular cell phones into interactive entertainment machines. For 5 years, Gbanga has been pioneering the field of location-based gaming and entertainment advertisement:
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