JERMANIA – An interactive journey to Germany

JERMANIA is a non-commercial Cultural Gaming App for young Indonesians who are interested in German culture and language in the age group 16-25 years. Produced in a fruitful collaboration between Goethe-Institut Jakarta’s library and game designers from both Indonesia and Germany, players interactively explore five German cities like Cologne or Dresden in this app. Mini games provide a lot of fun and variety, while at the same time enabling a playful introduction into getting to know Germany. Aside from monumental buildings and touristic sites, regional diversity and local cultural characteristics are a recurring theme in the game. In Berlin, for example, the player can prepare local food specialty “Currywurst”, while in Cologne, “Halve Hahn” and carnival-celebrating folks can be discovered. The storyline is accompanied by a wonderful Japanese-RPG-style soundtrack. The trailer of the game gives an impression of the artistic approach and the general storyline of the game. For the past years, games and gaming has been a focal point of the programmatic work at the library of Goethe-Institut Jakarta. Providing services equally for clients interested in German culture and students of German language, Goethe-Institut Jakarta has built up a wide range of experience with gaming and gaming events. Based on previous experiences like the “Game Mixer” and in order to add further to its services, the library team set out in 2016 to develop a playful and inspiring cultural app for young Indonesians that form the great majority of its patrons. JERMANIA is now an integral part of every library tour offered and it has contributed a lot to shifting the image of our library towards a modern and innovative learning facility. Likewise, by proving that a library can have successful intersectoral collaboration with creative industries, our library succeeded in gaining reputation among its stakeholders and partners. Chinese (Simplified Chinese) and Russian language scripts should use the layout of this template and choose suitable fonts and font sizes.

JERMANIA是一款面向16至25岁、对德国文化与语言抱有兴趣的印尼青年打造的非商业文化游戏应用。本应用由雅加达歌德学院（Goethe-Institut Jakarta）图书馆，与来自印尼、德国两国的游戏设计师携手合作开发，玩家可在应用中以互动形式探索科隆、德累斯顿等五座德国城市。各类小游戏不仅兼具趣味性与丰富性，更能让使用者在轻松游玩的过程中循序渐进地了解德国。除标志性建筑与旅游景点外，地域多元性与本土文化特色亦是游戏中反复出现的核心主题。例如在柏林，玩家可亲手制作当地特色美食"咖喱香肠（Currywurst）"；在科隆，则可体验Halve Hahn特色美食，邂逅庆祝狂欢节的当地民众。游戏剧情搭配了极具日式RPG风格的动听配乐。游戏预告片可展现其艺术创作理念与整体剧情脉络。过往数年间，游戏与游戏化体验一直是雅加达歌德学院图书馆项目工作的核心方向。该馆面向所有关注德国文化、以及德语学习者提供服务，在此过程中积累了丰富的游戏开发与游戏活动举办经验。基于"游戏混音会（Game Mixer）"等过往项目的经验，同时为进一步拓展服务范畴，该图书馆团队于2016年启动研发，专为占其服务受众绝大多数的印尼青年打造一款兼具趣味性与启发性的文化应用。如今，JERMANIA已成为该图书馆每一场导览活动的必备组成部分，也极大助力图书馆重塑形象，成为兼具现代性与创新性的学习场所。同样地，通过证明图书馆可与创意产业开展成功的跨领域合作，该图书馆也在一众利益相关方与合作伙伴中树立了良好口碑。简体中文与俄语文本需遵循此模板布局，并选用合适的字体与字号。