Gamifyi is an app downloadable from Google playstore. It makes exploring places of history more fun. The app makes the participant solve puzzles and questions pertaining to the history of the place. You can view hints or even make guesses while the app gives you enough chances.
We tried using this app to explore the Bangalore fort located in the city centre. Before that we had done a small study of its history ourselves. The app took us through a series of 15 questions and tasks to complete the game. We had to take selfies at spots in and around the fort and upload them. But before taking the selfies we first had to find the spots shown in the game, so that became interesting. After completing the task, the app gives a short couple minutes to explain the story behind it.
Since banglore fort is mostly in ruins the only remnants that stand apart are the Delhi Darwaza, the ganesh temple built by the great Kemlegowda. There is a huge bastions inside the fort. The front door itself is 30 ft in height and covered with iron spikes which indicates its military use. Kempegowda (whose name is attached to almost all the public transportation centers like the airport, bus station and railway station) first built this fort in mud. According to wiki this was during the vijaynagar rule. None of what he built exists today, since after harder ali came to power he greatly improved the forts strength and became one of his empires strongholds. The fort went into the hands of the British. A marble plaque on the outer walls of the fort comemorates this event of 1791. Significant portion of the land outside the main fort wall has been taken over by the state government and not ASI. There is a medical college adjacent to the fort and the land outside the Mysore Darwaza is also now a state government complex. The original plans of the fort show a 30 ft wide and almost as much deep ditch encircling the fort. This was meant as a first line of defence, however its nowhere to be seen now.
The walls of the fort have plenty of floral and animal decorations in carved in stone. There are a lot of peacocks, some other birds, there is a peculiar looking carving of three fishes whose heads are fused together. One of the tasks in the app was to find these carvings and take a selfie with them. So after spending and hour
We tried using this app to explore the Bangalore fort located in the city centre. Before that we had done a small study of its history ourselves. The app took us through a series of 15 questions and tasks to complete the game. We had to take selfies at spots in and around the fort and upload them. But before taking the selfies we first had to find the spots shown in the game, so that became interesting. After completing the task, the app gives a short couple minutes to explain the story behind it.
Since banglore fort is mostly in ruins the only remnants that stand apart are the Delhi Darwaza, the ganesh temple built by the great Kemlegowda. There is a huge bastions inside the fort. The front door itself is 30 ft in height and covered with iron spikes which indicates its military use. Kempegowda (whose name is attached to almost all the public transportation centers like the airport, bus station and railway station) first built this fort in mud. According to wiki this was during the vijaynagar rule. None of what he built exists today, since after harder ali came to power he greatly improved the forts strength and became one of his empires strongholds. The fort went into the hands of the British. A marble plaque on the outer walls of the fort comemorates this event of 1791. Significant portion of the land outside the main fort wall has been taken over by the state government and not ASI. There is a medical college adjacent to the fort and the land outside the Mysore Darwaza is also now a state government complex. The original plans of the fort show a 30 ft wide and almost as much deep ditch encircling the fort. This was meant as a first line of defence, however its nowhere to be seen now.
The walls of the fort have plenty of floral and animal decorations in carved in stone. There are a lot of peacocks, some other birds, there is a peculiar looking carving of three fishes whose heads are fused together. One of the tasks in the app was to find these carvings and take a selfie with them. So after spending an hour in and around the fort, completing tasks alongwith a dose of history, and taking pictures along the way, we can sum this up as "time well spent".
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