“Mobile Dead Mobile Dead is a location-based mobile zombie game. It uses GPS or other location data to find your position and the position of other players. Players choose to be on either the blue team, which is the human team, or the green team, which is the zombie team. Users can message each other with twitter-like short messages. Each player has a health and experience level, and a short profile. The game is played by picking up virtual items, which can then be used as part of the game. Those items, can also be traded with other items (such as trading a soda can for a crow bar). Players pick up weapons (such as chain saws) to fight against the opposing team, with weapons having varying levels of strength and damage. The game play is like other turn-based MMORPG’s where players take turns to hit each other until one wins. When you win fights you gain experience points. The game seems interesting, but it will require a critical mass of players to be viable (unless you want to walk around and just pick up items). The game is going to be in beta in the New York City area in July, and you can signup today if you are interested in trying it out.”
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I like this idea a lot. The more I see these apps connecting the real world to the virtual one I get pretty excited. It will certainly require mass adoption of 3G-equivalent technology by the majority of mobile users but these apps will be powerful. I envision myself as a virtual pokemon/packman playing this game in the gridded city streets of NYC. Very fun.
5 years ago
