JOYity has brought social based gaming to a whole new level with Android. JOYity uses GPS to help users play adventure-based games with other people in the real world like it has never been done before.
JOYity is not one but three games in a single application. Once you download the application you can either choose to play YouCatch, Roads, San Francisco or City Race Munich or choose to design your own game. In Roads of San Francisco you have to follow clues all around the city. When you arrive at one location, a text or picture message tells you where to go next. The game is basically a Scavenger Hunt with a story line that can be played with several people.
YouCatch is a version of Manhunt in which players in the same proximity sign up for the game. Everyone acts as a hunter and the hunted, the game assigns you a person to hunt while assigning you to someone else as the victim. The location of everyone is periodically flashed on the map so you can locate others. When you get within 25 feet of your victim just press the scroll ball for the kill, the catch is your location is broadcast every time you press the scroll button. The winner is the last person left standing.
Below you can see two video reviews from AppVee of Roads of San Francisco and YouCatch. YouCatch is being played in Madison Square Park in New York City. AppVee was also impressed with this application saying that it is a “massive multiplayer trans-reality game.” What do you think about the new direction mobile gaming is going?
[Via Tech Crunch]
I have downloaded it but have not had the chance to use it yet. I've turned it on a few times a day for the past few days just to see if anyone was playing in my area. Nothing yet. the map shows that there are other people who have logged on near me, but nothing going on while im on. I'll have to wait a bit till more people have this phone and have downloaded the app. Once a few Android phones have been released, this should be a fun game to play.
The concept is cool, but thinking about others being able to know where I am just feels a little invasive of privacy. But then again, when you use your phone everyone around you can see it, so there's really no difference besides the fact that you'll be playing with people you don't know.
I do it all the time through the PS3, but the difference is that I won't ever see those people in real life. In the game people can see eachother's location. So what if some sore loser doesn't like the fact that he lost so he decides to follow me around and act reckless?
Then I'd be forced to pull out my 9mm and threaten to kill him... And such conflicts are avoidable and shouldn't happen.
I know it may sound rediculous, but the truth is that in today's world with so many IMBECILS existing, anything is possible.
I wouldn't hesitate not one second to put a bullet into some sore loser who wants to get revenge in real life just because he lost a game. Infact, I'd probably take pleasure doing it, knowing that I just helped the world by riding it of atleast 1 idiot. 1 down, a billion to go.
is it gone or still there?
installing it right now.
The concept is cool, but thinking about others being able to know where I am just feels a little invasive of privacy. But then again, when you use your phone everyone around you can see it, so there's really no difference besides the fact that you'll be playing with people you don't know.
I do it all the time through the PS3, but the difference is that I won't ever see those people in real life. In the game people can see eachother's location. So what if some sore loser doesn't like the fact that he lost so he decides to follow me around and act reckless?
Then I'd be forced to pull out my 9mm and threaten to kill him... And such conflicts are avoidable and shouldn't happen.
I know it may sound rediculous, but the truth is that in today's world with so many IMBECILS existing, anything is possible.
I wouldn't hesitate not one second to put a bullet into some sore loser who wants to get revenge in real life just because he lost a game. Infact, I'd probably take pleasure doing it, knowing that I just helped the world by riding it of atleast 1 idiot. 1 down, a billion to go.
Despite the killing thing that you said, I do agree that this can have negative repercussions. But I do assume that you get taken off the radar when you exit the app, right? Then I think everything should be fine.
I can already imagine how many ways this program can be exploited, but I hope people are smart enough to only play with the people they know and turn the app off if they're not playing and/or are not willing to confront others when playing with strangers.
It's one of those things where if you play with strangers, you have to know your limits. Otherwise, just play with friends. Oh man, this (or other programs like this) can go wrong so quickly.
But I have to admit, this game still seems pretty fun. Imagine about a hundred people with Androids playing in one city and they all consent to playing. That has to be some fun times.
It would just suck though for sore losers and people who aren't open to playing but STILL plays. Well, that's the world I guess.