Gateways Cinescape helps people forge new friendships and reinforce old ones through the power of immersive gaming. It blends four, 15-minute live-action games, a bar with games aimed at sparking socialization, and a lounge that constantly changes to reflect its patrons’ performance in the games. Cinescape’s live-action games are movie scenes that guests have been transported to via the theater doors. There’s the Iron Diner, a chaotic cooking game where two teams compete to prepare and serve up more orders in an optimistic 1950s musical; Ghost Writer’s Study, a 1930s monster film where guests sit around a seance table to defend their hearts from waves of spirits using lights and vacuums; Pirates of the Great Grid, an over-the-top 80s sci-fi adventure where two pirate crews navigate their ships to battle each other in cyberspace; and First Festival, a 2000s fantasy film set in an evil-free world holding a festival of mini-games. Outside of the movies, Cinescape offers guests even more gameplay possibilities at the concession bar, where guests play minigames and swap seats with new guests after every round of “Speed Gaming.” Finally, the lounge is for guests to enjoy food and drinks, relax, and chat, but also offers plenty for the guests to discover: movie props from the games prominently displayed; movie posters that constantly change; a wall of fame to showcase the best-performing guests; and portraits of the Cinescape Founders. All of the collections serve to fill the space with detail and offer hints to secrets that can be discovered within the movies upon replay. With the movies designed to be replayed by groups, bar games that are designed for strangers to interact, and a lounge to offer respite from the action, Cinescape is the watering hole experience chasers have been looking for!

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Team members: Anthony Nardone, Kevin Thomas, Lydia Ko, Miranda Nardone