Using the mobile app - through a treasure hunt - the public can access the stories, documents and tales of the archive through a hunt. Scope of the mobile app had to be to increase the access of the public to the content of archives and to involve them directly in the new approach towards the documentations pushed by the project. The mobile app, of course, had to be freely available in the main online stores (Google Play and App Store).

How to get three different archives into one display? How to create something other than a simple digital gallery?   To manage the treasure hunt idea, and drive it towards a not ordinary way we put the document at the centre of searching activity. Instead of showing maps and geographical things with documents attached on it, a treasure hunt on the document, through visual elements of documents. In a drag and drop system the users are called to explore through a series of documents (one series for each partner) and, following textual and visual clues, the user can find and then tap on the right element on the document image. Each document corresponds to a level and the right tap on the image (based on the give clue) unlocks the next document/level. This way, the users discover historical or narrative contents about the documents and its era. The logic of the game and the ability to combine images of documents and text clues made it possible to use the archives in a different way. Documents become pieces of narratives. The narrative itself, however, is a pretext to underline the value of the archive.  

The app has three different game path, one for each consortium partners and focused on their archival material or interests.