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Acknowledgement
of
Country

Sandpit
respectfully
works
across
the
unceded
lands
of
the
Wurundjeri
Woi
Wurrung
peoples
of
the
Eastern
Kulin
Nations,
as
well
as
the
Kaurna
and
Yugambeh
peoples.
We
recognise
and
respect
their
continued
cultural,
spiritual
and
technological
practices.

We
also
extend
this
to
all
First
Nations
peoples
across
the
land
known
as
Australia
and
pay
respects
to
their
Ancestors
and
Elders
past
and
present.

As
the
very
first
storytellers
and
technologists,
First
Nations
peoples
possess
invaluable
knowledge
and
perspectives
that
are
crucial
to
the
work
that
we
do
across
both
the
physical
and
digital
realms.

Drama in Gondwana

Drama in Gondwana

A comic book web app that leads visitors through a series of playful puzzles in the Melbourne Museum’s Gandel Gondwana Garden.

Sandpit partnered with Melbourne Museum to bring the Gandel Gondwana Garden to life for young audiences.

A phone displaying the interactive comic book

Using a custom built web app, visitors solve five puzzles by tracking down clues located in the physical world. They meet all sorts of animals along the way including dinosaurs and megafauna, and collect the missing pages of the Groundskeeper’s handbook.

The game features beautiful original illustrations and animation from frequent Sandpit collaborator Chris Edser.

Chris and the Sandpit team collaborated with the Museum’s in-house palaeontologists to bring the game’s extinct lead characters to life in beautiful detail. Using augmented reality, Drama in Gondwana seamlessly layers the game’s fantastical world over the real world of the garden, resulting in a playful blend of story and science.

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