Comments on: Urban Defender: location aware game

By: Technology Nerd

Technology Nerd — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:10:02 +0000

I love it, but you need a critical mass of people to play/use it before it becomes useful – kinda like britekite…

By: samurai1200

samurai1200 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:02:31 +0000

this reminds me of a different game that i think i saw originally on the makezine blog. a group of people (say, at a party) were handed the game bricks (electronics in an enclosure) whose little 7-segment LED display on the front would increment as people came in proximity to it. the more people in proximity, the faster it would increment… it became a “popularity” game of sorts — showing how often you were among groups of people.

I CANT FIND THIS PROJECT to save my life. someone please tell me they remember it…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:39:15 +0000

I can’t understand the narrator. She sounds like she has downs.

By: Squintz

Squintz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:10:30 +0000

I would play at least once. Maybe twice! I think it’s a great concept and would just need to be perfected as other have said.

By: pixel

pixel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:26:33 +0000

I thought the guy in the “concept” video looked like Moss from the IT Crowd.

This could make a neat IRL CTF game.

By: jb

jb — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:46:55 +0000

Does anyone else think guy in the first vid looks like harry potter?

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:38:09 +0000

There’s already an Phone app that does this – Turf Wars. It includes the territorial concepts and lets you team up with other players too.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +0000

lol this will solve gang wars or at least make them less deadly lol gangbangers will now use glowing blue balls instead of guns.

By: Karl

Karl — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:49:30 +0000

I think this is a really cool idea. You would essentially be playing a multiplayer game with invisible players, trying to capture as much of the city as you can. It’s also interesting because you could set up games, or just play on your own (similar to lan vs. online play in games).

By: Iv

Iv — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:57:50 +0000

I think it will be to easy to cheat…

By: amk

amk — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:17:45 +0000

Awesome idea. I picture an urban version of the game Company of Heroes. Real bridges, highways, etc, would provide interesting strategic points and barriers. Hmm, now how would combat between players, or “units”, be conducted?

By: kuhl

kuhl — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:51:06 +0000

I would need a segway or
even better
http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/meet-the-one-wheel-balancing-scooter-suck-it-segway/

By: gus

gus — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:09:06 +0000

should have red leds for other player’s zones perhaps

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:46:41 +0000

More information on the project:

http://hacknmod.com/hack/hyper-local-geo-location-game-urban-defender-arduino/

By: Face

Face — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:17:06 +0000

I like the team thing and live updates. I think if you see another team bouncing their balls against your building you could nail them in the head with your ball to deactivate them for an hour, a day, whatever. Modern Dodgeball..