WW1 unknown soldiers. (A game to understand the great war)

Soldats inconnus, un jeu pour connaître la Grande Guerre

par Antoine Krempf mardi 24 juin 2014, mis à jour le mercredi 25 juin 2014 à 05h00
Le jeu mélange images de fiction et photographies d'époque
Le jeu d’Ubisoft mélange images de fiction et photographies d’époque © Ubisoft

Un siècle après le début de la Première guerre mondiale, comment intéresser les plus jeunes à ce lointain conflit ? Outre les expositions, les documentaires, les livres consacrés à cet événement, la Mission Centenaire s’est associée au créateur de jeux vidéos Ubisoft pour créer “Soldats inconnus, Mémoires de la Grande Guerre”. Ce n’est pas un nouveau jeu de guerre, mais un jeu sur la guerre.

A century after the start of the First World War, how to interest the young in the long-ago conflict? Other than exhibitions, documentaries, special edition books dedicated to the war, the Hundred Year Mission has enlisted the creator of Ubisoft videos to create “Unknown Soldiers, Memories of the Great War”. It is not a new war game, but a game ABOUT the war.

Grâce à ce partenariat, une cinquantaine de fiches encyclopédiques, illustrées par des images du documentaire Apocalypse, ont également été rédigées pour éclairer le joueur sur les faits correspondants à certains moments du jeu. Quand le jeu prend place par exemple en avril 1915 dans le secteur d’Ypres. Le joueur peut voir des photos d’époque de Poilus masque à gaz sur la tête puisque c’est là que le gaz moutarde a été utilisé pour la première fois.

Thanks to this partnership, fifty comprehensive encyclopedias, illustrated by the images portrayed in the French TV documentary Apocalypse, and the specific references to clarify to the player the actualities on certain moments of the game, when it takes its place for example, in April 1915 in the Ypres district. The player can see the photographs of the time, with the foot soldiers face-masked against gas when the mustard gas was deployed for the first time.

L'une des fiches historiques développées par Ubisoft et la Mission Centenaire
L’une des fiches historiques développées par Ubisoft et la Mission Centenaire © Ubisoft (Use of dogs in WW1)

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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