Lausanne 1830 is a historical pixel art game set in Lausanne at the beginning of the 19th century, which incorporates historical sources in its gameplay. The game is used in schools (12-15 y.o.) for the teaching of modern local history. The player is appointed by the City to complete the city’s register. They must find the missing information concerning five historical characters.
Lausanne 1830 can be played online and for free!
Background information
The game was commissioned by the College of Humanities (EPFL) and produced by the GameLab UNIL-EPFL and Lausanne Time Machine (EPFL) laboratories, in collaboration with the Swiss game studio Digital Kingdom. It was created by a team of three students from ETHZ/EPFL (Andrew Dobbis, programming), UNIL (Saara Jones, game design) and HEIG-VD (Sarah Jallon, graphic design).
Lausanne 1830 won the award for best Swiss serious game of 2022.
