Sericum Via

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Which climatic zone do you want to start? <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bHsytv5/main-map.png" alt="main-map" border="0"> [[1.Cold and mountainous (R) |1.Cold and mountainous]] [[2.Mild and humid]] [[3.Warm and dry]] [[4.Hot and humid]] (set: $gameDay to 180) --- Note: This is the Alpha version! We recommend you to choose (R) tagged choices to play the Alpha version of the game.

You must decide which season do you want to start in a cold and mountainous climatic zone? Note: These choices will affect the difficulty of the game stages. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/N3rsFq2/Cold-mountainous.png" alt="Cold-mountainous" border="0"> [[1.Winter |Very hard]] [[2.Fall (R) |Hard]] [[3.Spring |Medium]] [[4.Summer |Easy]]

You must decide which season do you want to start in a warm and dry climatic zone? Note: These choices will affect the difficulty of the game stages. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/cCGKy88/warm-and-dry-small.png" alt="warm-and-dry-small" border="0"> [[1.Winter|Easy]] [[2.Fall |Medium]] [[3.Spring (R) |Hard]] [[4.Summer|Very hard]]

You must decide which season do you want to start in a hot and humid climatic zone? Note: These choices will affect the difficulty of the game stages. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/GHMS2HF/hot-humid-small.png" alt="hot-humid-small" border="0"> [[1.Winter|Easy]] [[2.Fall |Medium]] [[3.Spring (R)|Hard]] [[4.Summer|Very hard]]

The //Sericum Via// Journey Along the Silk Road... ---- [[Travel the Sericum Via (R)|Story]] [[Learn about the Sericum Via (R)|Learn about the game theory]] [[Game options|Option]] [[High scores]] --- Note: This is the Alpha version! We recommend you to choose (R) tagged choices to play the Alpha version of the game. We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... The //Sericum Via// developed by: Sepehr Vaez Afshar & Sarvin Eshaghi

(set: $gameDay to $gameDay)Your Level is Easy! You have $gameDay days to reach your end point. [[Continue...|Select Country]] -------- Alpha version! We recommend you to choose (R) tagged choices to play the Alpha version of the game. We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bPqDWM2/local-people-2.png" alt="local-people-2" border="0"> [[Back|Stage1]]

Your Level is Medium! [[Continue...|Select Country3]] -------- Alpha version! We recommend you to choose (R) tagged choices to play the Alpha version of the game. We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bPqDWM2/local-people-2.png" alt="local-people-2" border="0"> [[Back|Stage1]]

Your Level is Hard! [[Continue...|Select Country2]] [[Back|Stage1]]

Your Level is Very hard! [[Continue...|Select Country1]] -------- Alpha version! We recommend you to choose (R) tagged choices to play the Alpha version of the game. We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bPqDWM2/local-people-2.png" alt="local-people-2" border="0"> [[Back|Stage1]]

You must decide which season do you want to start in a mild and humid climatic zone? Note: These choices will affect the difficulty of the game stages. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/C9dL1ZF/mild-and-humid-small.png" alt="mild-and-humid-small" border="0"> [[1.Winter |Medium]] [[2.Fall|Easy]] [[3.Spring (R) |Hard]] [[4.Summer|Very hard]]

Which Country do you want to start? [[1.Turkey]] [[2.China]] [[Back|Easy]]

Let's buy some food for your journey! But you don't need to spend it all now. (set: $food to 0 )Hint: You can't survive without 5 package foods until Turkey! (set: $coin to 1000 ) You have $coin coins. [[Go to store]]

You can buy food packages from Akbar's Store! But you don't need to spend it all now. (set: $food to 0 )Hint: You can't survive without 5 package foods until China! (set: $coin to 1000 ) You have $coin coins. [[Go to store]]

Hello I'm Akbar. So you're going to travel along the Silk road! I can fix you up with some food packages. Coin: $coin , Food: $food (if: $coin > 250 )[[Buy 5 packages food|Go to store]] (set: $coin to $coin - 250) (set: $food to $food + 5) (if: $coin <500 ) [Don't spend anymore! You should have at least 250 coins to journey.] (if: $coin <260 ) [[Start the journey!]] [[Restart!|Stage1]]

(set: $health to 100) You have $coin coins, $food food packages, $health health & $gameDay days left to reach your end point. [[Start the journey!|Chapter1]] -------- Alpha version! We recommend you choose (R) taged choises to play the Alpha version of the game. We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bPqDWM2/local-people-2.png" alt="local-people-2" border="0"> [[Main menu|Welcome to Sericum Via]]

$coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gameDay days left ----------------------------------------------------- Well then! you're ready to start. Good Luck! You have a long and difficult journey ahead of you. [[Continue|c1.1]] -------- Alpha version! We recommend you choose (R) taged choises to play the Alpha version of the game. We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bPqDWM2/local-people-2.png" alt="local-people-2" border="0"> [[Main menu|Welcome to Sericum Via]]

$coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ----------------------------------------------------- Enjoy your trip! <img src="https://i.ibb.co/VDcNsF9/man-cammel.png" alt="man-cammel" border="0"></a> [[Choose your route|c1.1.2]]

$coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ----------------------------------------------------- The weather is good. You may:(set: $TP to 1) <img src="https://i.ibb.co/VDcNsF9/man-cammel.png" alt="man-cammel" border="0"> [[Continue on journey]] [[Trade with local people]] (if: $TP > 0)[[Talk to people|Talk to People]] (set: $TP to 0)

Such a cold day and also you are Tired ... [[You may set a fire and sleep!|You may take a nap!]] [[Continue on journey|c1.3]]

A town residant tells you: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/PCnMLJL/Merchant-pxl2.png" alt="Merchant-pxl2" border="0"> "The sun fascinated with your moonlike face, Transforms your beacon in the quarter. The moon, polished by the sun, is the Mirror your beautiful face." This is some ghazals by our famous poet MUHTASHAM KASHANI. [[Know more about MUHTASHAM KASHANI]] [[Continue journey|Continue on journey]]

<img src="https://files.olgoirani.com/Files/Content/1398/6/1252/mohtasham.jpg" width="300" height="300" > ʿAlī Muḥtasham Kāshānī ( Persian: علي محتشم کاشاني) (b. 905/1499-1500 - d. 996/1588), known as Kamal al-Din, the son of Khwajih Mir Ahmad Kashani, was a poet at the time of Safavid dynasty (10th/16th century). “ باز این چه شورش است که در خلق عالم است What is this agitation anew in the whole creation? ” Muhtasham wrote the rest of the poem up to the verse: "هست از ملال گرچه بری ذات ذوالجلال" (though away with distress is the Essence of the Almighty) but he could not continue. One night, he visited Imam al-Mahdi (a) in his dream. He (a) continued the poem as: "او در دل است و هیچ دلی نیست بی ملال" (he is in the heart and no heart is without distress) and the poem was completed. [[Back|Talk to People]] [[Continue journey|Continue on journey]]

Alpha version! We recommend you choose (R) taged choises to play the Alpha version of the game. We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bPqDWM2/local-people-2.png" alt="local-people-2" border="0"> [[Main menu|Welcome to Sericum Via]]

Which Country do you want to trade? [[1.Turkey (R) |TurkeyH]] [[2.China|ChinaH]] [[Restart!|Stage1]]

(set: $gamedayTurkeyHard to 65) Your journey will start from Toroq Caravanserai and you have $gamedayTurkeyHard days to deliver your orders. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/x2nD5K8/GIF-start-end.gif" alt="GIF-start-end" border="0"> [[Check the current caravanserai's info|infoToroq]] [[Continue|TurkeyHard]] [[Back|Select Country2]]

Alpha version! We recommend you to choose (R) tagged choices to play the Alpha version of the game. We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bPqDWM2/local-people-2.png" alt="local-people-2" border="0"> [[Back|Select Country2]]

Let's buy some food for your journey with your coins! (set: $food to 0 ) (set: $coin to 1000 ) But you don't need to spend it all now. You could also buy foods later from caravanserais on your way. You have $coin coins. But you don't need to spend it all now. You could also buy foods later from caravanserais on your way. [[Go to store|StoreHard]]

Hello I'm Akbar. So you're going to travel along the Silk road! I can fix you up with some food packages. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/Hx0VDWW/chef210.png" alt="chef210" border="0"> I recommend you to buy at least 10 packages! Coin: $coin , Food: $food (if: $coin > 401 )[[5 packages food = 100 coins|StoreHard]] (set: $coin to $coin - 100) (set: $food to $food + 5) (if: $coin <399 ) [You can't shop anymore! you should have at least 400 coins to continue!] (if: $coin <=800 ) [[Checkout and continue|StageTurkeyHard]] (set: $health to 100)

At a night, the ruler of Iran had a dream that the year 1000 AH (1591 AD) will be the end of the world. He feared that his dream come true and he could not continue his reign. Hence, he ordered to build 1000 caravanserais, if this not happen. Finally, he initiates building them from the year 1009 AH (1600 AD). [[Continue|Story2]]

This serious game is aimed to contribute to the preservation of Iran heritage. The essential goal is to conserve the information related to the Safavid caravanserais of Iran on the Silk Road via conveying them to as much as people possible. Hence, the intangible heritage of it such as the use of silk road as a commercial transportation way, the circumstances and threats that merchants were facing, and the purpose of caravanserais had been tried to be transmitted to the player besides the other values of Iran like ceremonies, poems, etc. The climatic zones of Iran are amongst the other information that the player learns about by being involved in it. [[Continue |Learn1.1]] [[Back to Main menu|Welcome to Sericum Via]]

(set: $coin to $coin + 100) (set: $food to $food -5) $coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ----------------------------------------------------- Well then! you're ready to start. Good Luck! You have a long and difficult journey ahead of you. [[Continue|c1.1]]

(set: $coin to $coin - 100) (set: $food to $food + 5) $coin coins | $food food packages ----------------------------------------------------- (if: $coin > 401 ) [[Continue shopping|!]] (if: $coin < 405 ) [You can't shop anymore! you should have at least 400 coins to continue!] [[Checkout and continue|!]] (set: $coin to $coin + 100) (set: $food to $food - 5)

(set: $coin to $coin - 200) (set: $food to $food + 10) $coin coins | $food food packages ----------------------------------------------------- [[Continue shopping|!]] [[Checkout and continue|!]]

(set: $coin to $coin - 300) (set: $food to $food + 15) $coin coins | $food food packages ----------------------------------------------------- [[Continue shopping|!]] [[Checkout and continue|!]]

(if: $coin > 405 ) [(set: $coin to $coin - 400)] [(set: $food to $food + 20)] $coin coins | $food food packages ----------------------------------------------------- (if: $coin > 405 ) [[Continue shopping|!]] (if: $coin < 401 ) [You can't shop anymore! you should have at least 100 coins to continue!] [[Checkout and continue|!]]

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The main duty of the player in this game is to deliver some cargos containing silk from Iran to a neighboring country on the silk road in a limited time. The game lets the player choose the season wants to play and prepare him/herself for the journey by the necessary shopping. The player has also been provided by the possible shortest routes for the journey as a bonus, calculated previously by GIS for the path selection. You could also visit our website presenting the gathered caravanserais’ data and photos supported by an interactive map. The game is in Alpha version; So, the game is playable, but it is incomplete. The //Sericum Via// developed by: Sepehr Vaez Afshar & Sarvin Eshaghi Drweeb.com/Sericumvia [[Start the new game|Stage1]] [[Back to Main menu|Welcome to Sericum Via]]

Such a beautiful place. (set: $food to $food - 0.5 ) <img src="https://i.ibb.co/kch60nF/2.jpg" alt="2" border="0"> [[Let's drink some water and continue|c1.5]]

(set: $health to $health - 10 ) $coin coins | $food food packages | $saffron saffron packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left --- You must cross the river in order to continue. The river at this point is currently 30 meter across, 1.5 meter deep in the middle. By the way your cammel is so tired! You may: [[Rent a boat for 50 Coins|boat1.5]] [[Cross the River your self|crossriver1.5]]

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/kcPjyF8/GIF-where-1.gif" alt="GIF-where-1" border="0"> The yellow point shows your current location. You have 17 KM ahead to the next caravanserai. [[Back|c1.5]]

(set: $health to $health + 10 ) (set: $gamedayTurkeyHard to $gamedayTurkeyHard - 1 ) (set: $coin to $coin - 100 ) $coin coins | $food food packages | $saffron saffron packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left --- Oops! some of your coins had stolen by robber! <img src="https://i.ibb.co/DrbD09K/thief3.png" alt="thief3" border="0"> But your cammel got some energie to continue the road... [[Continue|c1.6]]

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/T1vcjdt/187-1875537-chef-femaleb-scribblenauts-baker-pxl.png" alt="187-1875537-chef-femaleb-scribblenauts-baker-pxl" border="0"> Have you ever heard Turquoise? [[Continue|c1.5.1]]

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/4VntZYg/GIF-which-1.gif" alt="GIF-which-1" border="0"> Go through the ... [[Green: Virani Ribat Caravanserai (R)|c1.2]] [[Blue: Nezamodoleh Caravanserai|CRN1]]

(set: $coin to $coin - 50 ) $coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ------------------------------- You crossed the route safely. [[Continue|c1.6]]

(set: $health to $health - 30 ) (set: $food to $food - 1 ) $coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ------------------------------- Oops! You catch a cold. Your health is not in a good condition :( [[Continue|c1.6]]

You almost arrive to Virani Ribat Caravanserai. [[Check the caravanserai's info|c1.6info]] [[Continue|Cont]]

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/WWP6b98/Screen-Shot-2020-06-22-at-03-25-19.jpg" alt="Screen-Shot-2020-06-22-at-03-25-19" border="0"> The city of Neyshabur in the northwestern part of Iran is not just famous for the poet Omar Khayyam, but also for the purity of its turquoise. Just outside this town are mines from which this precious stone is extracted, then shaved and shaped in to pendants, rings, and other jewelry. Turquoise is also used in art forms such as firoozeh koob, the art of hammering small pieces of turquoise into copper. In Persian culture, turquoise is said to have healing properties, detoxify the body, and protect against the evil eye. Shades of blue are omnipresent in Iranian mosques and palaces, and turquoise is a way to take it back home. [[Continue|c1.6]]

Province: Razavi Khorasan | District: Mashhad ------- Toroq Caravanserai <img src="https://i.ibb.co/bgV4H9b/Ghofrani-M-Sabet-M-M-Sahaf-S-M-K.png" alt="Ghofrani-M-Sabet-M-M-Sahaf-S-M-K" border="0"> [[More info]] [[Back|TurkeyH]]

Province: Razavi Khorasan | District: Mashhad ------- Robat Toroq belongs to the Safavid period and is located in Mashhad, Torogh district. This building was registered on September 16, 1984, with the registration number 1636 as one of the national monuments of Iran. This two-porch Ribat is located at the beginning of the Mashhad-Neishabour road and includes two caravanserais belonging to the Safavid and Qajar eras. On the entrance of this caravanserai, there is an inscription that shows the construction date of the caravanserai as 1080 AH. The plan of Toroq Caravanserai is a 6.33 by 5.28 square. On the west side of the caravanserai, there is a water reservoir and around it, there are a few rooms that today there are only two rooms left and the rest are destroyed. On the north, south, and east sides of Toroq Caravanserai, there are several rows of open rooms that are designed to accommodate travelers in the summer. [[Back|infoToroq]]

Province: Razavi Khorasan | District: Shandiz ------- <img src="https://i.ibb.co/560x7HQ/1.jpg" alt="1" border="0"> [[Back|c1.6]]

Now you are in Turkey. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/4PhX4W0/turkey.png" alt="turkey" border="0"> [[Order delivery]]

The game is in Alpha version! We will release the Beta version as soon as possible... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/4mPGnJH/Gravedigger-pxl3.png" alt="Gravedigger-pxl3" border="0"> [[Skip]]

Congratulations! You reached your end point and made it :) <img src="https://i.ibb.co/fxFrM1t/Backgroundgh.png" alt="Backgroundgh" border="0"> [[Check your score :)|Check your score]] (set: $score to 0)

You have: (set: $Score to $food + $coin + 300*$saffron + $health + 10*$gamedayTurkeyHard) $coin coins | $food food packages | $saffron saffron packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ---- Score: $Score <img src="https://i.ibb.co/VDcNsF9/man-cammel.png" alt="man-cammel" border="0"> Your Score is calculated as: food + coin + 300(saffron) + health + 10(gameday) [[Learn about the game theory|Learn about the game theory]] [[Main menu|Welcome to Sericum Via]]

$coin coins | $food food packages | $saffron saffron packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ----------------------------------------------------- (if: $gamedayTurkeyHard > 63 )[[Continue napping!|You may take a nap!]] (set: $gamedayTurkeyHard to $gamedayTurkeyHard - 1 ) <img src="https://i.ibb.co/xS74gZT/vuuranimatie2.gif" alt="vuuranimatie2" border="0"> (if: $gamedayTurkeyHard < 63 ) [You are losing your days] [[Continue on journey|c1.3]]

$coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ---- <img src="https://i.ibb.co/Yjrs8GY/Farmer-pxl3.png" alt="Farmer-pxl3" border="0"> Hi; I'm Rajab. I have some Perfect Iranian Saffron. Do you want to buy? [[Yes, Sure]] [[Know more about Saffron]] [[No thanks!]] (set: $saffron to 0)

$coin coins | $food food packages | $saffron saffron packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ------- <a href="https://imgbb.com/"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Yjrs8GY/Farmer-pxl3.png" alt="Farmer-pxl3" border="0"></a> I recommend you to buy at least a package! It's worth as gold; So you can sell it more expensive during your journey. Coin: $coin , Saffron: $saffron (if: $coin > 101 )[[1 package Saffron = 100 coins|Yes, Sure]] (set: $coin to $coin - 100) (set: $saffron to $saffron + 1) (if: $coin <101 ) [you should have at least 100 coins to continue!] (if: $coin <101 ) [[Checkout and continue|Continue on journey]] (if: $coin >101 ) [[Checkout and continue|Continue on journey]]

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/R983QKD/E.jpg" alt="E" border="0"> Saffron (pronounced /ˈsæfrən/ or /ˈsæfrɒn/)is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus". Saffron has long been the world's most costly spice by weight. Although some doubts remain on its origin,[5] it is believed that saffron originated in Iran. [[Back|Trade with local people]]

$coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ---- Have a nice journey... [[Thanks Rajab|Continue on journey]]

Bingo! You gained the chance to use GIS map bonus from now. The yellow route is the shortest way you can choose ta pass through Turkey. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZVdx89z/shortest-route-small.png" alt="shortest-route-small" border="0"> [[Continue|]]

In the year 1700 AD, there is a merchant trading silk between Turkey and China passing through Iran’s various climatic zones to deliver his orders to the final destination in a specific time limit despite the difficulties of the road. He accommodates in the Safavid caravanserais on the Silk Road during his journey. [[Continue|Stage1]]

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$coin coins | $food food packages | $health health | $gamedayTurkeyHard days left ----------------------------------------------------- You may:(set: $TP to 1) <img src="https://i.ibb.co/VDcNsF9/man-cammel.png" alt="man-cammel" border="0"> [[Continue on journey|Continue on journey]] [[Trade with local people|Trade with local people]] [[Talk to people|Talk to people]] [[Stop to rest|Stop to rest]] [[Change pace|Change pace]]

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