Demo de videojuego basado en una leyenda urbana ecuatoriana para fomentar el conocimiento cultural.

Abstract

In Ecuador, there is a collection of customs and diverse races that unites the same, being indigenous, who have a cultural richness full of superstitions generated by their beliefs at that time. With the arrival of the Spaniards, miscegenation and later the ships with slaves, local superstitions are mixed with foreign one, their beliefs and religions, this generated the urban legends. Particularly in this project, the legend of the “La Dama Tapada” is related, it was created by the town to scare the men who like the night life by spending their income on liquor and women. She as a beautiful and seductive woman, who in life liked to have many lovers, at her death, her spirit was condemned by her sins to catch these men called “Tunantes” lead them to suffer a great scare or offer them the kiss of death. The goal of the game is to promote part of the Ecuadorian legends, educating the player by adapting a story, combining its different versions, it focuses on the point of view of its victim, who must survive the encounter.