Technical Lead My role as the technical lead

Research into other Mscape Games • We looked into other locative media games to

How the game was developed in the Mscape Application Ø Programming Language used: Actionscript

Step by step of the game that the player will see on their GPS

Why we built the game like this • Our target audience was undergraduates, first

Testing • We tested the prototype on the students at Knight Park Campus. •

Future Improvements • Scores for each player that can be uploaded on social networking

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Technical Lead My role as the technical lead was to ensure that the game was: • Functional • Usable • Compatible With the application (Mscape) and the GPS enabled device (I-PAQ)

Research into other Mscape Games • We looked into other locative media games to understand more about how they work and how successful they have been in the past. • Whack a Mole locative game – out in open space park and you stamp the ground when you see a mole was a very popular game. • No game out there that will help undergraduates students to find their way around the campus in a form of a game that will make it appealing.

How the game was developed in the Mscape Application Ø Programming Language used: Actionscript Ø The game will be using “Hotspots” which acts as a button for the player to go to the next image on their GPS enabled mobile device

Step by step of the game that the player will see on their GPS device:

Why we built the game like this • Our target audience was undergraduates, first year students. • We aim to help them build friendship with fellow students, make them feel at home and get to know the campus better. • Mscape is easily editable • Sponsors will have no problem if they wanted to edit image, map, audio etc as it could be replaced within seconds. • We aim to get a high enough adoption rate by making the game competitive and also put on any popular social networking website.

Testing • We tested the prototype on the students at Knight Park Campus. • Students could see how this game would be competitive, useful and a chance to make friends with fellow students. • Students did feel signal kept cutting out around tall buildings and audio could be added as it was hard to see the images in the sunlight. • Overall, very positive feedback and with a sponsorship we could incorporate more improvements to not only make it successful at Kingston University but popular with other univerisities.

Future Improvements • Scores for each player that can be uploaded on social networking website. • Re-create your own character instead of having the standard character on screen. • Enhance the map from 2 D to 3 D to make it more of an experience for the player. • Incorporate audio into the game to make it more interactive. • Add more items, more campuses and more ranks to the game to make it more challenging. • Have the Mscape app on all mobile phones so it can be used by a wider audience.