Post on 29-Jan-2016
Msg in a Bottle
By:Matt Mann
Mike NicholsBrandon Shewmake
Concept
Motivation Social Interaction Gaming Exercise
Description: Social Media and Treasure Hunting via Geocaching
Cache Properties Public vs Private
Public: everyone can view Private: only friends can view
Visible vs Hidden Hidden: uses camera to find Cach
Bottle vs Treasure Chest Bottle: a msg and all other media Chest: allows only text
Timer? Linked?
Cache Media
Interactive Media Ie: watch this video, read this question, extc
and answer
Text Pictures Videos Audio May add restrictions on chest media
Chest Properties
Requires a min amount of gold contributed Curse vs Blessing
Affects based on amount of gold in chest Curse: no Gold and you are hexed Blessing: gold boost
Social Aspect
Game Aspect
Why Play The Game
Bragging Rights Higher rank == better than your friends Get rank by placing gold in chest
Get gold via daily booty and opening chest As your rank increase, will require more gold put
in a chest to continue increasing rank
Lots of Exercise Dominating your friends and strangers
Game Features(subject to change)
Daily Stipend Curse: Lowers gold multiplier Blessing: Increases gold multiplier Witch Doctors: Located at McDonalds or other
common places Blessings: bought from the Witch Doctor Curses: cured by Witch Docotors
Random Curses and Blessings Rankings: (Will Change)
Grand Poobah, Made Man, Newb
Features
Friends List BOW (Bottle of the Week by popular vote) COW (Chest of the Week by point value) Groups List
Group Specific Notifications
Possible Features
Achievements Integrating Other Social Media Other ways of adding incentive to the game
Competitor: Geocaching.com App
- Uses GPS features
- Physical Caches
- Map of Nearby POI
- Post Field Notes
ChallengesThings we've never done
Security features Picture recognition Voice recognition
Superimposing bottle/chest on camera Superimposing directional arrow on camera Pushing/Pulling from server
Aquiring server space
Balancing economy Proper incentive to play