Edmonton Trolley Car

Edmonton Trolley Car is a first-person virtual reality game set in Edmonton in 1915. You begin on a busy street corner, meet the characters and learn how to play, then board a trolley and ride down Whyte Avenue across the 137-foot (46-metre) High Level Bridge to the legislature building downtown. Along the way, Model T cars pass through streets lined with historically portrayed buildings, many of which still stand today.

Conversations and landmarks

You earn points by talking to the people around you and looking at historically important landmarks. Characters share details of daily life and events in 1915 Edmonton, and may direct you to sights marked by flashing arrow icons. The passengers include a stalwart conductor, a gruff coal miner, an aloof rich woman and an optimistic upper-class gentleman.

To earn a perfect score, you need all 26 conversation points and all 6 landmark-viewing points. You can replay the game to try for 100% and learn about the city and its history.

Three levels

The game has three main levels of increasing difficulty. In the first, you have no time limit to learn the controls and talk to people on the street before boarding. In the other two, you have only the length of the trolley ride to speak with everyone and see all the sights before reaching the legislature building.