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GeoQuest: Social Treasure Hunt Game with Interactive Media

GeoQuest is a social treasure hunting game via geocaching, where players find hidden caches using cameras. Public and private cache options with visible or hidden properties. Players interact with cache media like text, pictures, videos, and audio while aiming for higher ranks by contributing gold. Receive blessings or curses based on gold amount. Engage in social interactions, compete with friends, and explore the outdoors to dominate the game. Features witch doctors, rankings, achievements, and group options. Competitor: Geocaching.com App.

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GeoQuest: Social Treasure Hunt Game with Interactive Media

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  1. By: Matt Mann Mike Nichols Brandon Shewmake Msg in a Bottle

  2. Concept • Motivation • Social Interaction • Gaming • Exercise • Description: Social Media and Treasure Hunting via Geocaching

  3. Cache Properties • Public vs Private • Public: everyone can view • Private: only friends can view • Visible vs Hidden • Hidden: uses camera to find Cach • Bottle vs Treasure Chest • Bottle: a msg and all other media • Chest: allows only text • Timer? • Linked?

  4. Cache Media • Interactive Media • Ie: watch this video, read this question, extc and answer • Text • Pictures • Videos • Audio • May add restrictions on chest media

  5. Chest Properties • Requires a min amount of gold contributed • Curse vs Blessing • Affects based on amount of gold in chest • Curse: no Gold and you are hexed • Blessing: gold boost

  6. Social Aspect

  7. Game Aspect

  8. Why Play The Game • Bragging Rights • Higher rank == better than your friends • Get rank by placing gold in chest • Get gold via daily booty and opening chest • As your rank increase, will require more gold put in a chest to continue increasing rank • Lots of Exercise • Dominating your friends and strangers

  9. Game Features(subject to change) • Daily Stipend • Curse: Lowers gold multiplier • Blessing: Increases gold multiplier • Witch Doctors: Located at McDonalds or other common places • Blessings: bought from the Witch Doctor • Curses: cured by Witch Docotors • Random Curses and Blessings • Rankings: (Will Change) • Grand Poobah, Made Man, Newb

  10. Features • Friends List • BOW (Bottle of the Week by popular vote) • COW (Chest of the Week by point value) • Groups List • Group Specific Notifications

  11. Possible Features • Achievements • Integrating Other Social Media • Other ways of adding incentive to the game

  12. Competitor: Geocaching.com App - Uses GPS features - Physical Caches - Map of Nearby POI - Post Field Notes

  13. ChallengesThings we've never done • Security features • Picture recognition • Voice recognition • Superimposing bottle/chest on camera • Superimposing directional arrow on camera • Pushing/Pulling from server • Aquiring server space • Balancing economy • Proper incentive to play

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