Creating scalable location-based games: Lessons from Geocaching

• Main Authors: NEUSTAEDTER, Carman, TANG, Anthony, JUDGE, Tejinder K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Community; Geocaching; Global positioning system (GPS); Location-based games; Pervasive games; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7985; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8988/viewcontent/s00779_011_0497_7.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Location-based games seek to move computer gaming out from behind the PC and into the “real world” of cities, streets, parks, and other locations. This real-world physicality makes the experience fun for game players, yet it brings the unique challenge of creating and orchestrating such a game. That...