Design and Play your own Location Based Games with Big Game Huntr

coultonp | 07 December, 2009 20:57

Its been a little while since we won the Innovation prize for Big Game Huntr and Mark and Kate had been working hard to get it ready for release into the wild. So today I am pleased to put out a call for Beta testing of the game which has been optimised for the N97 and 5800 (may work on X6 but haven’t had opportunity to test as no one has given me one yet ;) ).The game itself allows you to create and then play your own location based game anywhere in the world and using the following videos I will take you through the premise and operation of the game. 

If we start with the website it’s from here your initially register and if you’re a Twitter user we recommend using your Twitter ID as this will allow you to post your in game activities as Tweets to show your friends what your doing. Once registered you get to design your game by picking your location and then setting a number of zones where your clues/activities will need to be found/performed. In following video we see a simple game set up for the Mobile Radicals home at Lancaster University. It shows the game designer defining the game name ‘Mobile Radicals’ and then defining two clues/activities in this case just the two buildings closest to us which are ‘Infolab21’ and the ‘ISS Building’ and then the points to be awarded if the clues are found or the task completed. The user then picks the size of the zones (smaller zones generate higher points) in which the tasks must be completed and places them on the interactive map. Note the players ultimately have free choice on which clues/activities they perform in which zone.

Once a game has been created it can be played you use the Flashlite enabled mobile client (implemented using the new Flashlite API Bridge) to pick a game from the current active list which then downloads the necessary clues/activities and the map. The user selects a clue from the list which is revealed by a side swipe gesture and records theie completion by taking a photograph. Once a completed clue/activity has been uploaded it is removed from the list and play continues until all clues/activities have been performed.

If you use your Twitter ID to register the game automatically updates your followers of your in game activity as shown.Points are allocated automatically but must be ratified by the game creator before the winner is displayed.

 If you want to take part in the Beta please contact us  and we look forward to you Getting In The Zone!

 

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Re: Design and Play your own Location Based Games with Big Game Huntr

Propecia | 22/01/2010, 21:42

That is some inspirational stuff. Never knew that opinions could be this varied. Thanks for all the enthusiasm to offer such helpful information here.

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