Interdisciplinary Student Team Merges Critical Analysis, Creative Production in Mobile Game Dark Ride Disneyland

The digital world of new media is constantly changing the way we produce, consume and think about our entertainment. In a manner fitting this fast-paced medium of study, BYU students from multiple disciplines recently applied unconventional methods to their research into Disneyland storytelling, creating a mobile game to bring their critical take on the park to the public.  

Dark Ride Disneyland, which was released by BYU and media production company Western Lights on iTunes, is a mobile game played in the theme park that uses augmented reality and geolocation technologies to help guests dig deeper into the history, technology and culture of the park and think more critically about the stories being told.