Echoscape is a series of location-based audio games for cultural heritage sites, geoparks, and cities — stories told through immersive sound and player choices.
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Echoscape is a series of location-based audio games that transform how people experience cultural heritage and public space. Instead of staring at a screen or scanning QR codes, you walk — and as you approach a historical site, a natural landmark, or a hidden corner of the city, your phone detects your position and begins to speak.
The audio unfolds like a story. Your choices shape the path. Some places reveal themselves only if you find the right route. Others layer sound upon sound until a landscape you thought you knew becomes something entirely different.
We work with museums, geoparks, and municipalities to create custom experiences rooted in local history, ecology, and culture — accessible to anyone with a smartphone, no app download required.
Your physical movement through the world is the interface. GPS detects where you are — no tapping, no scanning.
Ambient sounds signal you're getting close. Step into range and a deeper layer of story opens — narration, sound design, and history woven together.
Some experiences offer branching paths. The route you walk, the decisions you make — these determine which stories you hear.
We currently have four prototypes located in Skara, Skövde, and two sites near Tidan (Askeberga Stoneship and Vaholms Brohus). Each experience is designed for on-site use. For the best experience, visit the location in person. Open on your phone, allow location access, and start walking.
Skara
Step into medieval Skara. Walk the modern city while the soundscape of the 12th century surrounds you — and your choices shape which stories you hear.
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Skövde
Walk the streets around Skövde Konstmuseet as layers of the city's artistic and urban past emerge through sound.
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Tidan
Follow the Tidan river through Tidansdalen as the valley's centuries of rural life unfold in narration and ambient sound.
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Tidan
At the Iron Age ship-setting of Askeberga, a meditative walk through a prehistoric landscape guided by the voice of the land itself.
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Echoscape joins Hela havet stormar, a year-long program at Skövde Konstmuseet inviting artists into participatory, process-based residencies. Running public workshops April–May 2026 where anyone can create their own location-based audio experience.
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Echoscape presented two new prototypes — Brohus and Konstmuseet — at Att Bryta Ljud 2025, a site-specific sound art event by K.Skaraborg and Platåbergens UNESCO Global Geopark, bringing cultural experiences out into the landscapes of rural Skaraborg.
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We're looking for participants to try out Echoes of Skara — an experimental audio-based game created in collaboration with Västergötland Museum in Skara. Walk through key historical locations guided by sound-based storytelling that blends past and present. Playtesting open through May 20.
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We collaborate with museums, cultural heritage sites, geoparks, and municipalities to create custom location-based audio experiences. Each project is built around your place, your stories, and your visitors.