Candy Cane VR Fight

Arm shoppers with candy canes and fight a giant snowman

Entertainment
Events & Activations
Market City Shopping Centre

Objective

  • To create an engaging VR activation for the Christmas and summer break, motivating customers to bring their families and visit Market City

Execution

  • A room-scale VR game that pitted customers against a giant angry snowman, hell-bent on ruining Christmas
  • Players were armed with giant candy canes and encouraged to hit snowballs and presents, avoid bombs, and defeat Gumpy to save the day
  • Visitors registered their contact details (via an iPad), to play for daily and weekly prizes and to see their name projected on the giant leader-board
  • Players were encouraged to share their high score on social media to generate buzz
  • Start Beyond produced a Mixed Reality video used for social seeding, paid campaigns and for display via the in-store advertising network

Results

  • Ten million people came in contact with the campaign; over 6000 people played the game, and 30% returned to play it more than once
  • The activation was proclaimed as a great success by the management and marketing teams, with plans already underway to push the VR experience further for next year

Project Gallery

A closer look at how we brought this project to life — from concept to final experience.

Cartoon VR game screen showing a snowman being hit with candy canes and gifts, with a Level 3 scoreboard and bonus point pop-ups.
"Candy Cane Fight VR" title card over a snowy winter background.
A man wearing a VR headset smiles while playing Candy Cane Fight VR on a stage, with the game projected on a screen behind him.
A girl wearing a VR headset reaches out while playing, standing near a decorated Christmas tree and snowman display.
Close-up of a Market City Virtual Reality registration form on a kiosk tablet.
A boy wearing a VR headset and holding controllers plays Candy Cane Fight VR, with the game displayed on a screen behind him.
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