iJump – hunt for treasures using your iPhone GS compass

iPhone compass is nice new feature of the GS version.  Let’s use it for gaming and have fun with all people in the World playing in treasure hunt! How this is real?

Of course I am talking about new iPhone GS game I will describe further now. When you launch the game you will see your place on the World map (this nice yellow star on the picture below. Just for the record, I have used SpeedTest flash animation to present it for my purposes). You will also see other people who are joining treasure hunt.

This game is about treasure hunting and treasure placing

The small triangles are places where you can jump to check what is there. You can also jump to places that are not marked as points on the map but marked ones have always something there. Something attractive or surprising.

What is the most exiting is the fact, that the treasure hunt is arranged by all people who are in the game. You are able to leave in specific place a tip, some kind of object or just describe it for others. This way, you can define your own quests just like it is shown on the picture below.

Imagine that you took a picture of something very interesting and you left it in your secret place. Next, you can place on all over the World small tips/hints for other treasure hunters.

They will hunt for your treasure

You can check how many people are hunting on your treasures. Check their location on the map and jump there to have small chat. You can bid with them and give them tips how they can find your treasure. Fun isn’t it?

When you follow tips left by others

you can find treasure if you are near it. Just like it is on the picture above, you have jumped to place where is located treasure. You have got notification on the screen, but be quick! someone else is nearby!

Each day you have portion of energy to use for jumping

You can have few long jumps, or more of them but shorter. Jump direction is defined by your iPhone compass. If you turn into proper direction, you can jump to other points located on the map. To jump between countries, you can zoom out to have better view on bigger piece of the World map.

Collected treasures you can sell to others or keep

and this way, stay higher in the treasure hunters ranking. It is up to you, what you will do with collected items! Have fun, and use my idea if you consider it useful.

Tags: fun, game, iPhone, software, treasure

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