Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego is a new Facebook game based on the Carmen Sandiego series originally conceived as a computer game, featuring the notorious figure of the same name who masterminds the international theft around the world.
Although the initial release of the game is designed for educational purpose, the series has now become very popular with a number of books, television shows, video games, and other spinoffs. In cooperation with The Learning Company, Blue Fang Games has brought the classic edutainment game to social networking platform, which enables players serve as an agent of ACME Detective Agency in chase of the elusive criminal Carmen Sandiego as well as the henchmen of V.I.L.E.
The main goal of Carmen Sandiego on Facebook is to follow the track of suspects around the world, identify them by checking out the personality descriptions, and ultimately arrest them to win rewards like experience and bonuses. Definitely, nothing can hold back the act of unstoppable crime fighting.
Players can go to the Chief’s office, the ACME headquarter located on San Francisco, to check the cases. After accepting the available stolen cases, players start with the travel to the first crime scene. In the city, players need to do some detective work to unveil the trace of the suspects. Through investigating different natives, important information is collected and listed in the clue log, including city clue and ID clue.
Be aware, however, that every case has a deadline showing on the top left of the screen. Both investigation and travel consume a certain amount of time. If players miss the deadline, the suspect will escape and thereby the case will be closed without any reward.
The city clue discloses the whereabouts of the suspects, implying their next trace around the world. The information is sometimes clear and sometimes indirect. Therefore, it is essential to use search engines like google to help find the precise location if players have no idea about the clues. Once players determine the place, it is time to go aboard.
Players can travel to the destination by two kinds of different airplanes: commercial aircraft and ACME aircraft. On one hand, the commercial aircraft is free of charge, but takes a long time for the traveling. On the other hand, the ACME aircraft costs ACME coins which can be purchased with Facebook Credits or earned after completing special cases. The instant flight jumps quickly through time and sends players to the destination without spending any time.
Following the steps of the suspects, players travel across some of the famous world attractions, like Piazza del Campidoglio, Mulcahy Stadium and many more. When players are traveling around the world, sometimes there will be special events shown on the world map. Additional rewards will be offered after accomplishing the incidents. If players get to an incorrect place, only nonsense messages will be received from characters. Therefore, players have to take the road back to find out the exact location.
Furthermore, ID clue is used to identify the personality descriptions so as to narrow down the search for potential suspects. By matching a series of further traits like boy types, hobbies, outer appearance, inner character and more, players issue an arrest warrant in order to capture the suspect in the final location. If players issue the correct warrant for the suspect, the case is finished with experience and bonuses. If players issue the wrong warrant or there is no warrant at all, all the efforts are in vain. Players have to start the cases anew.
Carmen Sandiego is a social game focusing on brainstorming designed to enhance logical reasoning and intelligence. Inheriting the edutainment feature, players level up by solving the detective cases, investigating more clues, and hunting for the criminals around the world. When players get stuck on the clues halfway, they are able to ask friends for help. In addition, the ACME database offers a brief story about the organization of ACME and V.I.L.E. as well as the agent characters and Carmen Sandiego’s villains.
Can you catch Carmen Sandiego finally? The answer can be found in the Facebook game, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.
