The theme of the game was to be Old Polesye (in silva – which literally means “in the woods” in Latin) – a part of the city which was created during the rapid development of Łódź at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. We wanted the game’s plot to combine the current problems of this part of the city with an extraordinary story, taken as if from a new adventurous movie (as it was the case in the Indiana Jones series of adventurous films). The participants discovered a story about a mysterious stone of a great power related to the Aztec mythology, which was brought to the developing Łódź, as well as about the grim fate of all who used its unusual properties. And since the rumours and information about the stone has long been lost, we  entrusted its search to the participants of the game. The axis of the tory was Lucjan Ogromski, a local activist who believes in conspiracy theories, holds his own video blog and website insilva.com. Unrevealed history, secrets, Aztec legends – and a criminal organization operating under the name of the development company Terranova which is greedy and keen on finding this artefact that has been lost so many years ago.

In silva is the second ARG project implemented by the Department of games. Despite multiple difficulties arising from the specifics of this type of games, we managed to attract a large group of Łódź residents to look for the stone and decide the fate of the humanity and … of course, Old Polesye as well. The world was saved once again!