We are also planning a trip to Deer Isle, Maine this summer, for a bi-annual pilgramage with the Pickled Travellers that will certainly yield some great ideas.
In a few weeks we will be in Disney World and we could do something there as well, maybe involving Captain Hook and Peter Pan.
I have http://junioradventurersociety.com somewhat up. I now need to flush out some content.
What i envision is having the main page where kids can check out some sample mission logs and some of the characters of the stories and have a link to "Petition for Admission to the Society". although all applicant will be accepted, i want to give the allure of exclusivity.
There will be an area where parents can get information about the society, and how they will play a role in the adventures.
I'm toying with the idea of having some sort of token that the kids will "unlock" after completing an adventure. This will give them an incentive to progress further through the adventures.
I plan to use the website heavily as a component of the games. The member will logon to the website to do certain research or receive dossiers about some characters.
My biggest challenge is going to be abstracting the adventures enough so as to not require alot of tailoring for each member. The reason for this is two fold. One, it would require a lot of work on my end as the society grows, and two, I suspect parents would not be willing to provide a lot of personal info, such as maps of their houses/neighborhoods. First that would be time consuming for the parents and second, it would be a privacy concern.
So the login area for the agents would consist of a tab with their current mission, a dossier on each of the characters that they have unlocked, a place to purchase gear that they have unlocked, a page on instructions on how to use the gear that they have and a correspondence area.
I'd like the correspndance to be both online and thru snail mail...kids love getting stuff in the mail and i think that is an important component. I need to keep them on the hook.
I know i've been talking alot about "missions" lately but i need to get my terms correct.
I need to decide between missions and adventures. Missions infer a finish line whereas adventures are more about the discovery and journey of the game. Maybe some sorts of games lend themselves to the "missions" designation, while others belong as "adventures".
Also, i need to decide between calling the kids agents, special agents, secret agents, adventurers, or something else completely.
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