Boomerang Overview

Please review the following for an overview of Jenson8's newest immersive team and leadership development experience. For a complete list of each component within Boomerang, it's function, and how to use it, please refer to the Boomerang Manual. 


Boomerang Installation Articles



Boomerang In-Game Tutorials


If skip tutorial is not selected on the Jenson8 dashboard; all players will go through an A player tutorial before progressing into the main experience. Following the tutorial, B and C players will lose the A player functionality and switch to B and C Player Functionality.


Below are recordings of players completing the in-game tutorial, both on desktop and in VR headset:

 

Boomerang Components

  • Hot spots - Allow players to access new locations, and interact with players
  • Work Post - The starting location. Players will put food blocks they have collected here to complete their quota
  • Watch - Allows players to check how many food blocks are needed to complete a quota. 
  • Food Dispenser - Where food blocks are made.
  • Food Block - Used to meet the quota in Boomerang.
  • Fertiliser Block - Can be used to double the value of food blocks.
  • Fertiliser Dispenser - Where fertiliser blocks are made.
  • Drone Basket - How players carry their food blocks from a food dispenser to a work post.

 

Avatars

Avatars are the character participants will be playing as throughout the experience. There are six options to choose between:

  1. Scientist
  2. Superhero
  3. EcoWarrior
  4. Police
  5. Engineer
  6. Medic

The avatars which players choose are related to what they think of themselves, and influence how other players will perceive them. Be sure to remind participants to select their avatar carefully, as this is a representation of themselves within Boomerang. Following the experience, their choices will be discussed and connected back to their performance in Boomerang.

 

Ways to Win

There are several strategies you can use to complete your quota and win Boomerang. Some of these strategies are easier and more efficient than others, and some may receive different levels of acceptance with your teammates. You can always combine multiple strategies to create the best path to victory.

In Boomerang, players will make critical decisions during gameplay that will effect both their individual and team performance.

Some examples of ways to win include:

  • Creating
  • Taking
  • Trading
  • Negotiating
  • Dividing Labour
  • Misdirecting
  • Giving Back

 

 

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