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Pokémon Go similar to game students created at hackathon in 2014

15 points by srcreigh 10y ago

lucyyu 10y ago
So ahead of their time
moaazsidat 10y ago
We need someone to build a similar thing for Yu-Gi-Oh! That'd be wicked!
srcreigh 10y ago
Here's a summary of what they built (in 36 hours) based on the demo video: 1. Pokemon-style map generation based on the actual physical map 2. Pebble app listing nearby pokemon + pokemon in roster 3. Battle UI + mechanics 4. Wit.AI (or similar API)-based voice commands a. Tell your pokemon what move to use b. Challenge another player c. Open pokedex d. Close pokedex 5. Myo armband throw Pokeball motion 6. Multiplayer: two players discover each other via GPS and can battle (implemented via Socket.IO) 7. Pokedex recording pokemon you catch 8. Leap Motion to pet your pokemon Hackathons often have API prizes, which is why you see a lot of features that use APIs / hardware (Wit.AI, Myo, Leap Motion). What I really love is that the integrations were very natural: throwing Pokeballs, voice commands.
asdera123 10y ago
lol twice the features too. the world's still waiting for digimon go. HTN 2016?
legojoey17 10y ago
No kidding! According to the article it says they made a DS ROM too, which seems like a super fun hack!
rajington 10y ago
It's also similar to the April Fool's joke Google did earlier that year... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k
throwaway2016a 10y ago
Kudos to the team that made that. I'm curious if they thought to approach Nintendo and if Nintendo would have been interested (I don't think they were into mobile yet). FYI Pokemon Go is based on (and by the same people I think) as Ingress [1] which has been around since 2013. Although, Pokemon the challenge of the app has been scaling it due to it's instant popularity. The "find Pokemon on an actual map" part is in my opinion not the biggest challenge. As others have pointed out, Google also had something similar. 1. https://www.ingress.com/ https://www.ingress.com/

15 points by srcreigh 10y ago

lucyyu 10y ago

So ahead of their time

moaazsidat 10y ago

We need someone to build a similar thing for Yu-Gi-Oh! That'd be wicked!

srcreigh 10y ago

Here's a summary of what they built (in 36 hours) based on the demo video: 1. Pokemon-style map generation based on the actual physical map 2. Pebble app listing nearby pokemon + pokemon in roster 3. Battle UI + mechanics 4. Wit.AI (or similar API)-based voice commands a. Tell your pokemon what move to use b. Challenge another player c. Open pokedex d. Close pokedex 5. Myo armband throw Pokeball motion 6. Multiplayer: two players discover each other via GPS and can battle (implemented via Socket.IO) 7. Pokedex recording pokemon you catch 8. Leap Motion to pet your pokemon Hackathons often have API prizes, which is why you see a lot of features that use APIs / hardware (Wit.AI, Myo, Leap Motion). What I really love is that the integrations were very natural: throwing Pokeballs, voice commands.

asdera123 10y ago

lol twice the features too. the world's still waiting for digimon go. HTN 2016?

legojoey17 10y ago

No kidding! According to the article it says they made a DS ROM too, which seems like a super fun hack!

rajington 10y ago

It's also similar to the April Fool's joke Google did earlier that year... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k

throwaway2016a 10y ago

Kudos to the team that made that. I'm curious if they thought to approach Nintendo and if Nintendo would have been interested (I don't think they were into mobile yet). FYI Pokemon Go is based on (and by the same people I think) as Ingress [1] which has been around since 2013. Although, Pokemon the challenge of the app has been scaling it due to it's instant popularity. The "find Pokemon on an actual map" part is in my opinion not the biggest challenge. As others have pointed out, Google also had something similar. 1. https://www.ingress.com/ https://www.ingress.com/