BBC Castaway adds a bit of ‘remote control’
March 12th, 2007The BBC reality series Castaway finally got under way at the week-end. TimW been working on some of the interactive elements for a few months now.
Chiefly, Tim helped to devise the ‘Remote Control’ feature that allows people to unleash some ‘unexpected events’ on the Castaway island directly from the web. Right now you can choose to remove half the chickens in the island coop, or hatch out a few extra chicks overnight. Will the audience be nasty or nice?
Tim also helped to devise a treasure hunt game that involves spotting odd symbols and signs in the BBC1 Sunday shows, collecting them on the web and then using them to identify a secret location. The ultimate prize is a holiday for two in New Zealand.
