It’s been a crazy month, and now it’s time to race to the finish line trying to get the bava.studio’s Halloween Haunted Arcade up and running by Friday the 31st, just in time for Halloween. The diorama has come in fits and starts, but now it’s time to lock-it-in. In fact, the following video (as well as the GIF poster above) were made by Riccardo Sarraco, who has done a brilliant job helping to both create and promote this small event.
Folks will see a poster on the front door of the bava.studio that will have a QR code for them to scan.
Promotional poster for the bava.stuidio Halloween Haunted Arcade
That code brings potential guests to this post on the bava.studio site which provides an overview of the event (in Italian and English) as well as a sign-up form. The video is followed by the following text:
The bava.studio invites you to its very first private members’ event — The Haunted Arcade!
On this most cursed of nights, Halloween, the doors of Via Calepina 38, Trento, shall creak open to welcome only the bravest souls.
Sign up using the form below, and you and your chosen companions will be summoned at your appointed hour — arriving in groups of ten to fifteen — to embark upon a chilling journey through a maze of haunted visions, sinister sounds, and spectral surprises.
When the darkness lifts, you will find yourselves amidst the glowing relics of the 1980s — authentic arcade cabinets — where the spirits of the past dare you to play… perhaps for your very soul.
Enter… if you dare.
If you watched the video, you’ll notice that Dr. Oblivion plays a role in this new adventure, which is aways fun. Essentially we’ll be turning the front part of the arcade into an escape room that once they figure out will lead to a maze of arcade games with a scare around every corner. After that it’s time to play some games. Each group of 10-12 people will have roughly 45 minutes in the space to prevent too many folks all at once. The form allows people to sign-up for a specific time slot, something that worked well in Reclaim Arcade during COVID. While I’m not sure folks will actually be interested enough to sign-up, I’m thrilled that least something is finally happening!
Things to do are finish the Halloween diorama, plan the escape room, and design the arcade maze. It will be tight with just under two weeks to make it all happen, but I also think it’s time to give myself a kick in the ass to make things happen.
