What if you could step into the Maldives before ever setting foot on its shores?

Imagine arriving on a Maldivian island, exploring a resort, taking on a new quest and shaping your own version of the perfect Maldivian escape, all through a virtual experience. Through a game developed by Loopcraft, a design and tech company with Hey Travellers, the Maldives becomes part of an interactive world where travel and play come together, giving players a new way to discover the destination.

Explore the Maldives, one quest at a time

What begins as an island to explore soon becomes an island to create, an island that is yours to shape, from the first tree you plant to the last bungalow you place.

Players can gather materials, craft buildings and place overwater bungalows, beach villas, restaurants and other amenities, shaping a resort around their own vision.

Players can create their own customised avatars and move through real Maldivian resort environments, taking on quests, earning points and discovering the destination through an immersive and highly interactive gameplay.

From planting trees and chopping wood to deciding what belongs on the island, every part of the resort takes shape through the player's choices. Once the foundations are in place, the island becomes more than a setting, it becomes their own creation.

The virtual experience brings the Maldives into a digital world, with real Maldivian resorts recreated as spaces to explore and experience. From the design of the resorts to the setting of the islands themselves, elements of the Maldivian holiday experience are woven into the game, allowing players to encounter familiar destinations through an interactive and immersive environment while discovering a new perspective of the places and experiences that make the Maldives unique, creating a connection between the world of the game and the destination itself.

Every quest in the game offers something new to uncover, turning the virtual island into more than just a backdrop. As players progress, the points earned through quests add a sense of achievement to the journey. And those points can lead to something beyond the virtual world, where there is a real-world reward waiting: players have the chance to win a stay at one of the featured Maldivian resorts, turning time spent exploring the virtual Maldives into the exciting possibility of experiencing the real thing.

Behind this virtual experience is a collaboration between Visit Maldives Corporation and Hey Travellers Pvt Ltd, a Maldivian digital and gaming company and the developer of the Hey Travellers gaming application, created with the support of Loopcraft.

Through the partnership, Visit Maldives has been designated as the exclusive destination partner within the Loopcraft application, creating a dedicated space to showcase the Maldives through interactive digital experiences. The collaboration brings the destination into a space where travel, technology and gaming come together, opening another way for audiences around the world to discover the Maldives.

As digital platforms continue to shape how people discover and engage with destinations, this collaboration brings the Maldives into a space that can reach a wider, younger audience, offering those seeking more unique and meaningful ways to travel a new way to connect with the destination before experiencing it in person.

Hey Travellers is now available in Early Access on iOS and Android, giving players the chance to be among the first to explore this virtual version of the Maldives. And this is only the beginning. Throughout the Early Access period, Loopcraft will keep rolling out new content and updates, growing the game step by step from what's launched today.