Airdate: The Gamers 2037

New locally-produced live-action series The Gamers 2037 screens on 9GO! this Saturday morning.

Produced for 8-12year olds by Ambience Entertainment the series uses computer facial animation technology from Speech Graphics.

Starring Ashleigh Maree Ross, Miah Madden and introducing Marvin Rowland, the 26 x 24 minute series set in a dystopian future where gaming is banned and three former friends must overcome their differences and beat an unbeatable A.I. controlled puzzled-based Virtual and Augmented Reality game, or risk becoming trapped in the machine forever.

Created by Keaton Stewart and Hannah Fitzpatrick the series was written by Keaton Stewart, Hannah Fitzpatrick and Michael Boughen and produced by Monica O’Brien.

In the not-so-distant future, rule-following noob Xeon (Ashleigh Maree Ross) and technology geek Galahad (Marvin Rowland) secretly follow their estranged friend Kite (Miah Madden) into an abandoned warehouse.

What begins as a simple fact-finding mission into why Kite suddenly stopped being their friend months prior quickly becomes a fight for their lives when they find themselves trapped inside the warehouse by the last remaining VAARG Ark.

VAARG is Virtual And Augmented Reality Gaming, which was the next generation of gaming and a technological marvel… until it started digitising and absorbing players.

According to legend, if you beat the game, you release all the Absorbed – something Kite is determined to do, no matter the cost to herself or anyone else.

Together, the three former friends must overcome their differences and work together to beat the unbeatable game – and the A.I. that controls it – or risk becoming trapped themselves.

7.30am Saturday 14 November on 9GO!