Photo of the Picture The Impossible gala held on October 31st, 2009.
The game ran between September 12 and October 31, 2009,[1] with approximately 2,500 participants. Players were split into three factions, each representing a different charity.[2]
The game was developed by a collaborative design team led by Elizabeth Lawley from RIT and Traci Bauer from the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper.
Factionsedit
The Forgeedit
The Forge was the smallest faction, associated with the charity Foodlink, and focused on working as a team to solve puzzles and decipher coded documents.
The Watchedit
The Watch, associated with the Wilson Commencement Park charity, concentrated on decrypting the narrative and discovering secrets hidden within the game.
The Treeedit
The Tree, the largest faction, was associated with Golisano Children's Hospital and focused on solving the game's various puzzles.
Galaedit
The Picture The Impossible gala was held on October 31, 2009, celebrating the top 150 point-scoring participants. There was a thirteen-way tie for first place between players who obtained every in-game achievement.[3]
The staff who assisted with the game were also invited, including RIT's 9th President William W. Destler.
Referencesedit
^. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
^Verghes, Ashwin. "Picture the Impossible players celebrate at gala".[dead link]
^. Archived from the original on September 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
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