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