Fatima is already mobile game – Express

The goal is to “get to the heart of Jesus” and the game takes place in a kind of ‘board’ virtual, with two, three or four children a saltitarem from house to house to flavor that dictate the data to be released. You download free from the App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android) and everything seemed to be normal in the world of electronic games was not the final message passed to the winner of each match: “You win the game do not forget to pray the third as Our Lady requested. “

the children saltintam on the board and will receive support to advance in the game, even when the data are for low numbers. Either because calharam in the house of a sheep and can “hitchhike” or because they stopped at a rosary and that means “you were praying the Rosary as Our Lady asked,” players can advance several houses in one bid. There is also the sun ( “that for the shepherds was the symbol of our Lord”), or the moon, the stars or even a “lost page of Sister Lucy’s Memoirs” that allow you to jump steps to finish the 90th house. It is there, in the “heart of Jesus”, which ends the game and receive congratulations.

Vitor Coutinho, vice-rector of the Shrine of Fatima and coordinator of the Fatima centenary celebrations program was author of the idea. He wanted to “create a more comprehensive program possible to bring the message of Fatima to diverse audiences” and it did not hesitate to resort to “multiple platforms and multiple means.”

Children are one of the public to achieve in the Sanctuary dissemination strategy and intent “is to get a simple and playful way” the story of the apparitions of the Cova da Iria to as many young people as possible. The use of a mobile phone game, as expanded among children, could allow “a first contact with the message of Fatima,” continues Carmo Surrounds, the Sanctuary Information Bureau.

The recreational aspect does not call at risk the disclosure of a sacred message to the Church? Vitor Coutinho disagrees. “Frankly, I do not see where it may be the risk,” says the Express. “Before being beatified, the shepherds were children,” says the priest and vice-rector of Fatima. “The children show how holiness is no more than the normal life to God.” If children have fun with the electronic game, the better.

The intention of the Sanctuary is to launch more applications of this kind. “There are two games in preparation,” said Vitor Coutinho, as well as an application to support pilgrims from around the world who wish to move to Fatima.

The game was released Thursday by the Sanctuary Fatima and, therefore, still can not evaluate your success in network. “It’s too early to see the impact,” says Miguel Cardoso, head of the Land of Ideas, the company that created and designed the new application by direct order of the rectory of the Sanctuary. The intention was to create a game “simple and aimed at children” able to “spread the message of Fatima and arouse curiosity among the young”.

Miguel Cardoso ensures that the game design process “was simple “and that the Shrine always respected” the creative and artistic freedom “of the project’s authors. The company has worked on other projects with the heads of Fatima and even other Christian organizations. But is not limited to this sector. In its list of games for mobile titles there hows “Wonk Free” or “Padre Borga.” And three different applications dedicated to Sport Lisboa e Benfica.