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Geogames: Designing Location-Based Games from Classic Board Games

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Christoph Schlieder,

Sebastian MatyasAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Intelligent Systems, Volume 21, Issue 5

Pages 40 - 46

https://doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2006.93

Published: 01 September 2006 Publication History

Abstract

Location-based games introduce an element that is missing in interactive console games: the locomotion of players and thus thephysical effort characteristic of sportive activities. The authors show how to design location-based games that combine sportivelocomotion with strategic reasoning by using classic board games as templates. This article is part of a special issue on interactiveentertainment.

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IEEE Intelligent Systems Volume 21, Issue 5

September 2006

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