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Game Park

Steve Bull, the creator of this mobile game, was onhand to talk about how the game works. While it was more of a gameplay presentation than a game development presentation, the idea behind the game - mobile tag - is something many developers have been interested in for some time. It will be interesting to see what kind of impact a game like this will have when it's released to the public. Hopefully I don't get run over in the mall by a group of kids running around to stay in range of their target...

Game Data

You are both predator and prey in Game Park, a real world social networking GPS cell phone tag game. There are only two dots on your cell phone map: your position and the prey you're hunting. What you don't see is who is hunting you--your predator sees you every time you check the location of your prey. Game Park is presented on the uLocate/WHERE.com platform as a Java ME download. Founded in 2000 in NYC, Cutlass, Inc. is a leading location-based wireless entertainment and information production company. Game Park is a finalist in NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge with final judging in Las Vegas April 2, 2008.

Company: Cutlass Inc.
Release Date: April 2008
Platform(s): J2ME GPS cell phones
Total Development Time: 6 months
Full Time Team Size: 1
Total Team Size: 3
Budget: $20k
Fun Fact: Win contests then distribute as business model.

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Jojo’s Fashion Show


Contents
  Introduction
  Game Park
  Jojo’s Fashion Show
  Fashion Solitaire
  Autonomous Digital Actors
  The Princess Bride Game

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