Chromaroma

A Year's Worth of Play All On One Map

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A Year's Worth of Play All On One Map

This interactive map of London's Underground shows you all of the journeys made through each station by people playing Chromaroma in the capital.

Chromaroma is a game that you play by travelling on the Underground using an Oyster Card. You earn points by making journeys and completing missions. This new version of the game map shows the density and frequency of travel by our players, and also how the ownership of each station changes over time as different teams take control by visiting the station the most.

It was developed especially for the Victoria & Albert Museum as an exhibit for their their 'Web Weekend' in London in July.

A Brief History of Play in Numbers

The data shown on the map is a snapshot of time in the game's ongoing life.

It starts on the 19th January 2010 and ends on the 14th July 2011.

Some of the activity in Chromaroma during that time:

Journeys Undertaken 89652

Missions Started 8065

Missions Completed 3452

Collections Started 50859

Collections Completed 836

Station Captures 3325

Items Placed 208

Items Picked Up 903