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Foursquare[5]game play is about exploring the urban
environment, accumulating points, and unlocking rewards by checking
in often and repeatedly at place you go to. If you check in the
most frequently at a location you become the mayor of that place in
the game. Often businesses give real-world discounts to customers
who become the mayor of their location. The game is played on
GPS-equipped smartphones and is available on a wide variety of
platforms. This games has become a popular marketing tool for
businesses. The game also helps players discover their city by
telling them if their friends (from address book, Facebook acct,
etc - automatically added when the app is downloaded) are nearby,
suggesting recommended places to go or things to do. It also allows
players to add new locations, tips and reviews to places in the
game. Unlocked badges are based on when, where, and how often you
check in at particular places. Game stats are available at
foursquare.com
SCVNGR[9][6]scavenger hunt-style game that can include
going (with an iPhone or Android phone) to specific locations,
doing challenges defined by the designer, and earning in-game
points as well as real-world rewards defined by businesses who use
the platform to build games. Treks do not have a time limit and can
be played over many days or months and they can be either
non-competative or competative with a leaderboard result to track
progress. It also has a social networking component where users can
see where their friends in the game are and push updates to Twitter
and Facebook. Challenges are multiple at each location and range
from checking in (like FourSquare) to Social check in (where you
bump phones with another game-player) to commenting, uploading a
photo, or any other challenge people have added. You get points or
unlock rewards from completing challenges which range in their
level of reward based on their complexity. SCVNGR is also a
development platform where you can build a check-in node in the
game or design a trek (themed list of locations) which takes the
player on a set adventure where they play the game. It allows the
addition of in-game and real-world rewards. Answers to challenges
can be a specific text response (like a trivia question with a
'right' answer), an open response question (like soliciting
a comment or review), a photo response where the user uploads a
photo, or a QR code where the user scans a QR code. Rewards can
have user limits set of them (each user can only redeem the reward
once, for example), as well as an expiry date for the reward. This
site is very well designed and the support looks very good.
Gowalla[7]played on a desktop or smart phone (all major
platforms supported). Social networking game where you check-in and
communicate with friends through the game interface as well as
Twitter and Facebook (linked). Photo sharing and commenting on user
created content is part of the game interface. Game progresses is
measured by a stamps in passport metaphor where each check-in is
recorded in your digital passport. Pins are added to passports as
mementos of achievements such as completing trips. Players can
participate in guided 'trips' created by groups like
National Geographic, USAToday, and CNNMoney or they can make their
own trips that guide players to different locations and businesses.
Players can find virtual items left around the world like digital
souvenirs which can be redeemable for real-world rewards such as
apparel, movie tickets, gadgets, etc. The interface tracks the
states, provinces, and countries visited by each player account.
recently partnered with Disneyland & Disney World
Facebook Places[8]not really a game but it does allow players
to check-in (or check-in and add friends with them) at locations
that are then published to your Facebook newsfeed and visible to
your friends. Players can also see where their friends are. This
system has been utilized for marketing purposes by offering
discounts to players who check in at businesses and retailers.
Booyah[9]Has two different geolocation based social
games - MyTown and InCrowdMyTown - check-in to locations to unlock
rewards. Players can buy locations and businesses in game and
upgrade them to earn more money. Players charge rent on properties
they own when other players check-in at these locations. Players
earn stamps to display game achievements
InCrowd - players create their own customizable avatar,socialize, meet new friends and track popularity when they check-into real-life places using their iPhone or iPod touch. Players gainpopularity when others respond using a series of in-game actions,such as hi fives, fist bumps, winks, or posting about a venue.Players can take popularity away from a chosen individual using the'Dropkick' function. The more a player socializes withothers, the more in-game points are rewarded to them for use inupgrading and personalizing their virtual avatar. This game isplayed using the facebook places tools and is essentially a widgetfor facebook places with its own GUI for the game play, points, andleaderboard.
Shopkick a new service similar to Foursquare. rewards with
gift certificates and discounts when they visit a retail location
and scan product barcodes (currency is called kickbucks). Unique
aspect is that you don't have to check-in to use this app. When
customers enter a participating location with the Shopkick app
open, they are immediately recognized via the mobile device and are
alerted with a message and pointed to deals within the store. The
app can be used to scan items and earn more points and/or
deals.
Loopt[11]Alerts when friends are nearby, check-in,
share updates (text & photo) on Facebook
& Twitter, see where friends like to go, track
activities and comments made by friends.
Stickybits allows a user to scan a product???s barcode andleave a message, picture or video about that product for the nextperson who scans that same barcode. In effect, it creates athreaded conversation and the product becomes a medium. Companiescan be paid sponsors so their official message displays first, andthen the user added content plays chronologically after that.
TouralityCurrently in beta, requires players to travel to
specific locations faster than other players. Currently available
as an app for Android, Blackberry and Nokia handsets (with an
iPhone app to follow), it can be played anywhere in the world. A
range of different challenges are available, from races and trails
to a frantic Rush mode.One-on-one and team vs team games can be
played. If the game can???t find any other players for you nearby,
you can still play on your own in single player mode and gameplay
areas are automatically generated based on your current location.
There are many gaming elements to uncoverincluding ???gadgets???
that give you additional advantages to ???Goodie spots??? where you
could uncover either gold to spend on gadgets or a thief who wants
to steal your gold.
GeocachingPopular free-form game that has players track downreal objects hidden by players at locations all over the world. Inits ten-year history, over 3 million participants have hidden andsearched for almost a million items around the globe. You can playthe game with any GPS-enabled device using information from thewebsite, and there are iPhone and Android apps to help you too.Screencaps are from a geocaching app for the iphone - Geocaching byGroundspeak Inc. [12]
Turf Wars[13]iPhone app. Crime themed game where players battle for real world territory against other players while taking part in missions, evading the cops, and build up a Mafia mob. The aim is to gain ???turf??? in your local area in order to gain income for your crime syndicate. You can tool up with virtual weapons to take on rivals, invite friends to join your mob and take part in missions to increase your experience levels.
Gbanga Famiglia[14]mixed reality, mobile phone game publishedon the Gbanga platform. Players take on the roles of Mafioso andcan join an existing Mafia Famiglia or start their own. Playersmust first locate establishments by walking around the city beforethey can be taken-over. Establishments are virtual however they arelinked to real-world bars and nightclubs. A successful take-overdepends on the Famiglia's power, determined by the number ofmembers and the cash total for special items collected. The mostsuccessful Famiglia are listed on the top-ten leaderboard of theGbanga website
Muecs[15]allows two types of gameplay. (1) Snaps is a photo based check-in where you take a photo with your smart phone and upload it with a brief textual tag to the game interface as well as Facebook or Twitter. (2) Quest allows you to create a real-world quest to be played based on locations near-by you via mobile phone. The gameplay is structured like an MMOG where you compete to complete missions in order to upgrade to the next level or collect virtual rewards. Each Quest has a list of locations included as target points players must go to in order to win.
Last edit - Nov 07, 2011 - S.Lucky