zazen Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Ingress http://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/ I am playing it. Its good. Anyone else? [youtubehd]92rYjlxqypM[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 sick of seeing this shit in my Google+ feed. now I have to see it here too. fanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieBees Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 wtf is this shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 looks like someone at google is drinking too much coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Is this some sort of nerdy dating service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 Players are split into two teams: Enlightened and Resistance. You turn on GPS on your phone and walk around to collect energy. Local landmarks (statues, notable buildings etc) are 'portals' - essentially sites that need to be captured. You deploy resonators to capture the portals for your team, or you can attack portals that the other team owns. Portals can be linked, and when you link three in a triangle you create a field. There's a whole bunch of different levels for resonators, weapons and players, carefully engineered so that players need to work together to build high energy links, or to destroy the links of the other team. Started playing last week, and have visited lots of local statues and artworks that I didn't know existed before. Was sprinting around at lunchtime trying to stop the other team from destroying a key portal and bringing down one of our major fields. Cycled around for miles yesterday claiming new portals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Do you live in London? I'm doing the knowledge, would it be helpful for that in the slightest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frankie5fingers Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 i can see the future. two guys on opposing teams will be trying to "capture" something and then itll end up in an actual fist fight in the street. oh by the way, this is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 interesting, but isn't this only borderline augmented reality...is it possible to see things that aren't there if you hold an android based phone up to see the statue, for example? That'd be kind of cool. If they made it so that success in building a triangle got you like...a free coffee at Starbucks, this would be a fun game to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 LOL at cellphone with a button labeled "hack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 btw it's so fucking easy to fake GPS location data and trick the game, it's not even funny. just put a fake location app in /system/apps and you don't even need to turn on the developer options in Android - it'll still spoof location data and the game will happily accept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 btw it's so fucking easy to fake GPS location data and trick the game, it's not even funny. just put a fake location app in /system/apps and you don't even need to turn on the developer options in Android - it'll still spoof location data and the game will happily accept it. That'd be silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 btw it's so fucking easy to fake GPS location data and trick the game, it's not even funny. just put a fake location app in /system/apps and you don't even need to turn on the developer options in Android - it'll still spoof location data and the game will happily accept it. That'd be silly. the whole game is silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 btw it's so fucking easy to fake GPS location data and trick the game, it's not even funny. just put a fake location app in /system/apps and you don't even need to turn on the developer options in Android - it'll still spoof location data and the game will happily accept it. That'd be silly. the whole game is silly I don't see the problem. If it makes people go for a walk around the city and get some fresh air, that's a good thing. Right? Sitting at on your ass at home, faking the GPS signal to take over these zones (or whatever it is) on the other hand, is hella silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest isaki Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 i don't like the direction gaming is taking... augmented reality bores me, as does mobile gaming. i don't need a game to make me go take a walk. THAT is silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 lol this is the first time i've seen something i'd download which is available on android but not on ios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehauntingsoul Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Cool idea for a game. Oscillik's game breaking revelation is little more than defeating the purpose of playing in the first place. I doubt many people will bother doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 http://www.technologyreview.com/news/507681/google-game-could-be-augmented-realitys-first-killer-app/ https://plus.google.com/114998360481609783329/posts/fJQNVc98SLr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Just started playing today. Got 4 unclaimed portals and took out an enemy portal in my home town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Won't be playing it, but I can see the fun of it. Not sure why there's so much hating going on. (Well, I know it's watmm and all, but whatever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredd-E Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 It's out on iOS since yesterday. I joined The Resistance. Such an immersive experience! Great game! Bonus points for the hexagonal logo! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurix Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Been playing this since December 2012. Enlightened, level 9. Mainly because I live in a regional area in Queensland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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