Casebook Episode One
- Year: 2009
- Award: World Summit Award
- Category: Entertainment & Lifestyle
- Country: New Zealand
- URL: http://www.casebookthegame.com
Casebook is a forensic investigation game which utilizes patented AREO technology to enable the player to fully explore 3D photoreal crime scenes. Gameplay is interspersed with over 30 minutes of cinematics, featuring real actors starring in genuine sets, and convincing crime scenes. These scenes can be subsequently navigated and investigated in real-time by the player, whose task is to find and analyse clues in order to ultimately solve the case. The AREO technology captures the film scenes with tens of thousands of digital photos which, when stitched together, create an interactive environment which is rich in detail. Considering the massive amount of data captured, the 'magic' of the technology is that the game, which contains 100,000 plus digital photos, ships as a 1GB size file and is downloadable.