Cinderella Lunar Mission
A online game parasitizes with in real lunar mission
Everyone is equally eligible to get involved in a worldwide selection – a online game of lunar mission. The mission for players is to walk on the moon and search for a “lost astronaut”. Each player will be assigned an exclusive “barcode footprint” generated by his name. Like Cinderella’s glass slipper, each player can be identified by the footprint he left on the virtual moon. Resembling the mechanism of a “hide and seek” game, if a player found the “lost astronaut”, he will take over the role of the “lost astronaut” and avoid from being found by others.
Collaborating with a prospective country involved in the second moon race, Cinderella Lunar Mission attempts to attach a mechanical sole onto the real astronaut’s moon boot. It keeps adjusting its pattern to current lost astronaut’s barcode and name. As soon as the real astronaut steps on the moon, the game stops and the prize is the footprint made on real lunar soil with the name and barcode of “lost astronaut” at the last moment. As a symbol, this footprint identifies both the real astronaut on the moon and the game winner on the earth . And the honor of moon landing is shared.
