Newcastle’s Great North Museum partners with local game developer for exhibition

The Great North Museum: Hancock has announced a partnership with Gateshead based Coatsink who are supporting its new interactive exhibition, Myth Quest: Monsters and Mortals.

Part immersive story, part live-action game, ‘Myth Quest’ players will take on the role of an adventurer, exploring myths and monsters throughout the museum to complete their quests. It will run from March 25 2023 until September 3 2023.

The museum-wide experience begins with Mary Hancock, sister of the museum’s original founders. Mary discovered a way to travel through space and time, and encountered many monsters and magical artefacts through her journeys through the Parallel.

Players are welcomed to Mary’s Study and Archive where they can choose a magical item to help them on their quest. Taking a map and quartz crystal, players head out into the museum on one of three interactive adventures: through the Foggy Forest of Forgettings, the Serpentine Sea of the Sirens, and the Moody Mountains of the Monsters.

Those who complete their quest will earn their place in the ‘Myth Quest Hall of Heroes’, where they will learn more about all the objects, magical animals, mythical creatures and characters they have encountered on their journey.

The exhibition will be complemented by a Gaming Space with two games by developers Coatsink, for visitors to try out: PHOGS! and Astronimo today. Coatsink formed in 2009 and has grown into a diverse and versatile development studio and indie Publisher which is now part of the Thunderful Group.

Coatsink has developed and published games for all current gen consoles, PC and Virtual Reality, including the recent games Get Packed, Onward, Cake Bash, Transformers: Battlegrounds, PHOGS! and Jurassic World: Aftermath.

Tom Beardsmore, CEO at Coatsink commented: “With Coatsink being rooted within the North East, it’s a real honour to be the headline sponsor of the Myth Quest exhibit at the Great North Museum: Hancock. We hope you will be able to continue your adventure and enjoy some of our games after discovering your destiny in the Myth Quest Hall of Heroes.”

Adam Goldwater, manager, Great North Museum: Hancock, added: “We’re really excited to have Coatsink as our headline sponsor of the Myth Quest exhibition. This is the first time we’ve created a visitor experience based on gamification, so it’s ideal that we’ve been able to gain support from an amazing game developer, which also has local roots.”

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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