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First DS location-based game News
DS News by Robert Purchese
New developer area/code has unveiled a DS title that uses your real world location as part of the game.
"Plundr" tracks where you are in the world using a Wi-Fi Positioning System, and places little islands on an interactive street map for you to travel to. The aim of the game is to increase your pirating prowess by visiting these hotspots to buy and sell a variety of goods, ransack merchant ships, and battle other players.
It was shown at the recent Where 2.0 conference in San Jose that rounds up all the location-project talent from around the world. New York-based area/code already has a list of credits to its name in this field, including ConQuest, PacManhattan, and Big Urban Game.
You can try out Plundr for yourself now on PC, although it's designed for laptop users on the move.
Unfortunately it isn't clear whether we'll see the game in Europe, with screenshots on the site suggesting Japanese and New York map sets. We'll let you know more when we do.
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kangarootoo
05/06/07 @ 11:04
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"I'm on the south coast of the UK and my nearest island is 30 miles away in portsmouth"
Hmmm. Thats not ideal. I was going to write something about is being good if it gets kids of their arses and makes it fun to walk around the place, but those sorts of ranges don't really make it that kind of game. A missed opportinity perhaps? |
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Are you sure that it involves the player physically travelling around the real location? After all, you can't guarantee wifi access across an entire city.
Plus, if it involved players travelling to one location, all it would take would be one sensationalist Daily Mail expose to show how we're all perverts, looking to meet and abduct children, to grind their bones to make our nefarious gamer bread. |
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kangarootoo
05/06/07 @ 13:32
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@SBfistfun
Which bit is a stupid idea exactly? The issue you 'seem' to have is with someone taking a portable gaming system out of their house, rather than with this specific title. |
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""Plundr" tracks where you are in the world using a Wi-Fi Positioning System, and places little islands on an interactive street map for you to travel to. The aim of the game is to increase your pirating prowess by visiting these hotspots to buy and sell a variety of goods, ransack merchant ships, and battle other players. "
My perfect game! But it NEEEEEEDS Single player too! |
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