A Richmond couple are taking gaming to another level with their party caravan set up as ‘The Gaming Portal’.
Chloe and Clayton Ellery have a family of keen gamers and decided to turn it into a side business by creating a gaming room in a caravan that can be hired for parties, functions and kids’ sleepovers.
The Gaming Portal is a renovated caravan decked out with a couch-come-bed, fridge, 55-inch TV screen and a host of games that cater for kids and adults.
“This brings everything together that we love,” Chloe says. “Gaming is such a big part of our family and this is a portable venue that is a bit unique.”
The couple bought a caravan specifically to renovate as a gaming venue where people could play games, eat and sleep.
Chloe says the multi-player games are a good way to keep kids entertained and are popular during sleepovers, while adults can have a lot of fun competing with each other.
They have tried to cater for a range of gamers in their game selection, from Call of Duty and Sing Star to Mario Kart and quiz game Buzz. Clayton says they will keep adding to the collection as they find out what people want.
“We’ll be looking at games that target multi-players, so more players can play at the same time.”
He says he uses gaming to chill out after a day’s work and between them they have seven kids aged between eight and 17 who all like gaming, including four boys who are “hard out into gaming”.
“They get good hand-eye coordination and completing missions teaches quite a few things. You don’t just give up because you die a few times.” The Gaming Portal will be launched in May.
