Promo

Play the game

How to play: 

No need to book - just come along to the America Ground in Hastings, to take part. The best place to start is at the top of the Brassey Steps. Do remember to bring your mobile phone and earphones with you!

1. To start the game, in your web browser go to: smart-heritage.co.uk

2. Click on the Beneath Water icon on the map

​3. Scroll down beneath the map, and click on the Beneath Water cover image

4. Click Run Game
​

Soundtrack

Project notes

SparkedEcho presents Beneath Water, commissioned by MSL (2019)

Sound artist: Kevin Grist

Project managers at MSL: Margaret Sheehy and Jon Pratty

Story and puzzles designed by: Kevin Grist

Game developed by: Kevin Grist in Twine and hosted on Itch

Content produced by: Kevin Grist using Canva and Apple Logic X

Commissioner & funders: MSL, Arts Council England, RSA, Hastings Borough Council, East Sussex Arts Partnership, Coastal Communities Fund

Gallery

Coastal Currents Festival 2019

Beneath Water is also part of the Coastal Currents Festival during September 2019. Available via Hastings' town WiFi network, the three new experimental commissions for This is for Everyone, can be accessed by participants using their mobile phones.

On Saturday 7 September, there was an opportunity for audiences to meet the artists in the foyer of Rock House, for demonstrations and and find out about the artistic process, before heading out into the America Ground to try out the new digital artworks.

Gotham Alley, America Ground Hastings (2019). Credit: Kevin

Testimonials

"As a visitor, I found myself looking at the architecture of Hastings in detail I'd never seen before" Audience member (2019)

"It's brilliant - soundtrack, graphics and concept. Took my breath away." Audience member (2019)

Commissioner & funders