mobile gps gaming

[sven at klomp.de]

Geocaching was already mentioned in this thread. However, those interactive games you proposed sounds a little bit like http://www.wherigo.com/
I think it is an interesting application. However it is only available for Windows CE and I couldn't find any documentation of the API :-(

Sven
 
I could definitely picture a simple MMO.  A game world of locations, and when you get close to a location in the real world, a minigame pops up on your phone that you need to complete for +100 exp, or whatever.  You could have a leader board to see who's explored more of the world.

I know I'd walk a block or two out of my way if I saw on my game map a chance for a few more xp!


On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:36 AM, ramsesoriginal <ramsesoriginal at gmail.com> wrote:
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Ortwin Regel <ortwin at gmail.com> wrote:
> We'd need a compass for a working 3D world window. Else the phone
>  can't be certain (though it could estimate) where it is facing.
>
>  I am very interested in GPS games. A PacMan-like game that
>  automatically generates a level based on the surrounding Open
>  Streetmap data would be awesome. :) A Snake game would also be great.
>  Lots of possibilities probably.
>
>  Ortwin
>
>
>
>  On 4/30/08, Crane, Matthew <mcrane03 at harris.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > Yea, I'm excited too.  I was thinking it would be possible to use the
>  > accelerometer + GPS to make the phone act like a "window" into the game
>  > world.  Where you can look around in 3d.
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org
>  > [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of ian douglas
>  > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:53 PM
>  > To: List for Openmoko community discussion
>  > Subject: Re: mobile gps gaming
>  >
>  >
>  > Robin Paulson wrote:
>  > > i just listened to an interesting piece on the bbc about gps gaming on
>  > > mobile phones:
>  >
>  >
>  > There was a group of people in some major American city a year or so ago
>  >
>  > that played a city-wide game of PacMan using GPS-enabled phones...
>  > teammates would lead the 'ghost' characters to where the PacMan
>  > character was, and so on. Got a fair bit of press.
>  >
>  > I'm excited at what the Freerunner will be capable of in this regard, as
>  >
>  > it would be FAR easier to write/play GPS games with an open phone.
>  >
>  > -id
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