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Sound recordings selected for Alice's Adventures Off the Map 2015, a UK higher education videogame competition organised by the British Library and GameCity.

The winning entry for Alice's Adventures Off the Map 2015 was 'The Wondering Lands of Alice' by Off our Rockers (De Montfort University):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bwx4uUnbV4

Off The Map is an annual competition which challenges budding designers to use collection items from the British Library as inspiration to create exciting interactive digital media based on a particular theme. 

The theme for the 2015 Off the Map competition was Alice in Wonderland, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. This fantastical tale of a young girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a world populated by speaking animals and peculiar characters lends itself nicely to the gaming genre. Three  subthemes were selected - Oxford, Underground and Gardens - and curators from across the library chose items from their respective collections to help students concentrate their efforts. 

http://gamecity.org/off-the-map-2015


Alice's Adventures Off the Map 2015

A group of five Carrion Crows in the trees, before roosting, during a blustery force 6 wind. Recorded in winter at Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire by Richard Margoschis.

British Library reference: 1CD0091587 D2 BD9

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/forest-sky-winter-landscape-r%C3%BCgen-584354/

Woodland In Winter

Thunder recorded in the Tanat Valley, Wales on 6th July 1989 by Eric and May Nobles.

British Library reference: 022A-WTHUNDERXXXX-0301M0.WAV


Thunder, Tanat Valley, Wales, July 1989

Babbling brook recorded in Kynance Cove, Cornwall on 1st March 1996 by Paul Duck.

British Library reference: W1CDR0000199 BD11

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/water-drop-rain-falling-pouring-275938/

Babbling Brook, Cornwall, England, March 1996

Recreation of a Victorian factory. Steam engines, line shafting and belting taking power to tools, lathes, men hammering.

British Library reference: 1CD0126081 D2 BD33

Image reference: 'A Factory Interior', 1871 http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3643389

Victorian Factory

Water dripping onto cave floor and into nearby pools. Recorded by Nigel Tucker at Cheddar Caves, Somerset on 16th December 1999.

British Library reference: W1CDR0001983 BD10

Recording provided courtesy of Nigel Tucker (recordist and copyright holder) under a CC-BY-NC license

Dripping Water Underground, Somerset, December 1999

Typical midday sounds at La Selva Biological Reserve, Costa Rica. Loud cicadas dominate with a few persistent singers (Columba nigrirostris). Recorded on 15th March 1985 by Richard Ranft.

British Library Reference: W1CDR0001740 BD5

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/forest-rainforest-green-flora-214884/


Tropical Rainforest at Midday, Costa Rica, 1985

Dawn in a primary tropical rainforest at La Selva Biological Reserve, Costa Rica. Sounds heard include cicadas, Eleutherodactylus frogs and Columba nigrirostris. Recorded on 16th March 1985 by Richard Ranft.

British Library Reference: W1CDR0001740 BD10

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/jungle-forest-trees-green-nature-601542/


Tropical Rainforest at Dawn, Costa Rica, 1985

Afternoon sounds of the Amazon Rainforest recorded by Richard Ranft.

British Library Reference: 1CD0170969

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/rainforest-palm-trees-moss-78516/

Amazon Rainforest Atmosphere - Afternoon

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