The Little Timpetee, also known as The Fisherman and his Wife or The Magic Fish, is a fairy tale about a poor man who catches a magic fish and has to ask for more and more from his greedy wife until the fish eventually makes them poor again.

general style/reference board related to the Timpetee story and the Efteling, this includes style, color and guidelines for the following concepts

before making anything I first thought about a few demands these concepts had to meet.

demands:

- has to be interactive

- has to actively use multiple senses

- has to clearly represent the story of Timpetee

- has to fit in with the rest of the attractions of the Efteling

- has to be clear and simple

This concept is about seeing the story of Timpetee for yourself, in this VR simulation you will get a ride trough his story making your own choices in the simulation resulting in different story endings.

in the simple sketch below you can see a visual expination of how this simulation would work.

The story begin with you putting on the headset and sitting in the chair, you will have two big buttons on the arm rests for making your decisions. In the simulation you will go to the fish multiple times every time getting different options on what to wish. becasue of the choises you make the story will change and the outcome will be different. at the end you get a funny picture of you sitting in the chair together with the options you chose in the simulation.

for maximum immersion scenes will change between land, buildings and ocean waters together with ms Timpetee and the magical fish. in these different scenes the chair will move differently, for example in the waters the chair will move very smooth and slowly but on land when you are walking the chair will shake very slowly immitating the feeling of walking. besides the movement of the chair there will also be a few hardware pieces that will spritse water, blow air and immitate scents to immerse you fully into the story.

below a few pictures are shown which are used as reference for the concept

this concept consists of a 4D cinema which is based of the panda dream. in this 4D cinema there will be chairs that can move, installations to spritse water, create scents and blow air. depending on where the character is located these installations will react differently. there will be multiple big screens for a 360 degree fov. 

in the cinema a short story will be played and narrated describing whats happening in the story and showing the way of thinking of mr Timpetee.

as for interactivity it's very difficult to do this in a big space with multiple people watching the same story, so because of this people will be making dicisions together with the logic of whoever has the most votes will win. this concept is a bit similar to the first concept but is more family friendly, can fit more guests and is more cost effective.

below a simple sketch is shown to show what the main idea is.

the collage below is a reference board used to describe and finalise this concept

this concept is a more usual aproach of an experience for a theme park. it is a classic ride showing you the story of Timpetee. it is partially based on the Droomvlucht and Simbolica already in the Efteling. This ride will take you through multiple different regions of the story. every region has a different scent created with scent machines, in the regions that are water related spritzing machines are used for immersion and finally there will be blowing fans to circulate the correct scents to the carts and to make it feel like the cart is going faster than it actually is.

on the ride itself there will be multiple regions that show the timeline of the story. the story will begin with the home of timpetee which is very simple and humble with a pond next to it where you will see Timpetee fishing and talking to the magical fish. The second region will show multiple house going up in size and ending in a beatiful castle of which you will travel through, this room has a very metal scent because of all the "gold". the 3rd region will show you the underwater world of the magical fish which is now very poluted because of all the wishes, in this region it smells nasty and foggy. the 4th and final region will show the end result where Timpetee is back in his old home with his wife this time even more unhappy and also showing the magical fish back in his now clean water very happy.

below a simple sketch is shown to indicate the way of transportation and a few small ideas

the photo's below were my inspiration for the concept