GGMobile brought the thrill so the spooky season at “Spooktacular Stangee” at Lorong Stangee this year, with a modified combination of Gem Grab and the classic “hide and seek” that left players squealing and giggling with excitement. The ability to hide in plain sight as regular objects kept our players rapt with anticipation, and simultaneously provided parents with plenty of laughs and entertainment.
Despite the young playerbase, the event maintained a level of maturity and and self-control that surprised even us, as players and facilitators collaboratively kept to the structure of the event, allowing everyone to maximise their time and enjoyment.
Both parents and players shared many great experiences at GGMobile last weekend. Parents were inspired and interested to attempt some of our positive gaming strategies in their own households, while players were able to share some of their passion for gaming with their parents and newly-made friends. Some of these aforementioned friends presented some truly unique and inspiring bonding experiences, as older and more experienced youths took on the roles of mentor AND teammate to our aspiring young gamers.
The exciting atmosphere exuded by GGMobile kept a constant viewerbase in the surrounding area as well, with many children (both players and non-players) lingering around the truck even after the event had concluded. We even hung around to wish the children goodnight: a gentle reminder of the importance of self-control when gaming (like learning to stop when it is time to sleep)!
We are grateful for our opportunity to act as the bridging between parents and gaming children in the Lorong Stangee community, and we hope that we can continue to help foster more positive experiences going forward!
We would like to thank the South East Community Development Council and the Joo Chiat Residents Network for hosting this event for us, as well as Guest-of-Honour Mr Goh Pei Ming for coming. As always, we would also like to thank our sponsors at Singapore Pools, Logitech, Samsung and Aftershock for their continued support. Finally, we would like to thank the players and parents for coming and gracing us with their amazing costumes and infectious energy, and we hope to see you all very soon!