Loco Pocos Sets an Example

Loco Pocos is running a Halloween hunt which I read about on Alicia's blog so this morning I hopped on over. I had never been there and the idea of winning a free avatar was enough motivation for me as I sipped my morning latte.

Damien Fate and Washu Zebrastripe the creators of Loco Pogos have done a magnificent job from start to finish. I want to compliment them especially on how they have thought about how to make the visitor's experience to their island easy and fun. Rather than offer notecards with paragraphs of instructions about how to maximize your visit they make excellent use of simple visual instructions. I think this approach works beautifully and I would hope that other content creators and event planners would look at what these creative folks have done and use it as a model.

When I landed here at Loco Pocos the first thing I noticed is the instructions for how to find the Halloween event are so simple and clear. Note the big arrow..note the pretty shimmery pumpkin. See the sign with the big bold letters saying Halloween with yet another arrow? It seems clear enough to me -- click here dummy. And so I did.


This second set of signs are just as clear. Click the sign to get your candy bucket. Knock on the doors. Receive some sweet treats or suffer harmless pranks like being set on fire, win the grand prize. The sign that really caught my attention was the one on the right. Turn your music on, no local lights please and set to midnight. I did not get yet another notecard added to my inventory that I will forget about and carry around for months before I sit down to waste an hour of my life to clear 50 other useless notecards from events I have long since forgotten. The sign tells me everything I need to know. How elegant. Nicely done.


After the hunt I took some time to explore the island and wander the store. All I can say is the buzz about Loco Pogos a few months back was well deserved. I loved everything about this place. The avatars are adorable and the build is superb. As I was walking around I noticed yet again how well the creators have managed the user experience. Do you see the flags at the bottom of the sign in the photo below? If you click the flag the text on the sign changes to the main language spoken in that country. Remembering that SL is multi-lingual and making the effort to be sure your business is easily accessible to most people is just smart.




If you want to learn more about Loco Pogos island please check out the website, blog and forums which you can access here.