A new and surprising initiative is contributing to the promotion of the province of Cádiz on the Internet in the form of a Superhero which is enjoying unprecedented success with more than 60,000 downloads in little more than a month. I

t is a new computer game whose protagonist is a sort of superman from Cádiz who moves from the skyscrapers of New York to Cádiz and has adventures on the city’s Caleta beach, around its shipyards and at the Carnival.

Tourism is a constant feature of the game in that the superhero’s objective is to destroy the meanest villain of all time - Professor Bizcote who is determined to eradicate tourism in the city.

This game can be downloaded free at www.super-tirititran.com . It is a huge hit not just for its amusing subject matter but also for the quality of the game itself. This is perhaps not surprising considering that its creators Javier Pacheco, Shano Lores and Jesús Carrasco have spent more than 2 years of their lives on the project.

But their efforts have brought rewards and glory: the media queue up to interview them and in just one and a half months there have been more than 60,000 visits to their webpage to download the programme. They claim to have been inundated with emails from as far away as Australia.

The creators have not wasted this opportunity and have marketed the Cadiz Super Hero and launched their own line of Supertirititrán merchandise. The aim of this young team is to publicise their work so that companies and institutions will take note and employ them to start up new IT projects.

They stress that they are not just one-trick ponies. Their expertise is not just limited to programming games for entertainment. They consider themselves to be “all rounders”, and quality and originality are their best calling cards.

The different phases of the game take place in different parts of Cádiz, starting at the Caleta beach, continuing on to the Carranza Bridge and then to the city walls - las Puertas de Tierra. In all these places Super-Tirititran has to fight the enemies of tourisms.

The name “tirititrán” has its origins in flamenco music - most of the alegrías, the flameco songs rooted in Cádiz, open with this rhythmical expression.

http://www.super-tirititran.com