[General Topics] JGUI:
Hi everybody,

I'm happy I can announce we are in final test of the game:

MINESWEEPER: THE REAL G.P.S. CHALLENGE.

This game requests PPC Phone Edition and GPS receiver (or the newest HP 6500 device). In the future maybe we add Smartphone version.

BECAUSE this is a field game, uses GPS localizations and SMS communication between gamers.

We are looking for the game which takes GPS feature and mobile devices. Not too smart, difficult to lears and understand, but easy, undestandable and fun for every gamer!

This game runs on the field. On the real World. No matter if there is sun, rain or snow, you have to run with your devices over the game area. To find the treasure. But you cannot touch mines.

Mostly the game runs like the well known Minesweeper from Windows.

The different is: you can unhide next square (the way to treasure) only if you will stay with your devices inside there. In real World.

1. Admin of the game. He sets the game, selects the area, sets mines and treasure and the time of game, and then he sends invitation of the game to all gamers by SMS message. The treasure can be anything. This is a part of Admin or all gamers assemble the treasure. Just from the box of beers to... the newest Porshe. :-)

The game area has 8x8, 10x10 or 20x20 board set anywhere in your city, park, beach... One square has 50x50 meters, so the maximum game area has 1kmx1km field (subject of testing).

2. Gamers. They participate in game by receiving SMS invitation and send back the SMS confirmation if they want to join.

Then they have to go (drive) to find the game area (only by GPS directions, see below) in the specified time. Then they entrance there to game fields. No matter form which side.

From now the game runs like Windows' type. Every gamer have to step from one field to another, until he find the treasure. But... if he go to the field where is a mine, he will blow up and finish the game. His device witl play sirene alert and lock.

Don't look only into your device screen. Look around, maybe you see some gamer (friend) beside you and his face talks you: he just blew away. Now you know to not move in his side.

Some very first screenshots of the game are below:

(icons and backgrounds are under construction, now we're testing engine, to be sure the game is fun and easy enough, well here is many snow around)

that's the navigation screen if you are outside the game area,

you see where to go and how far from the game field you are now,

that's the beginning of your moving inside the game area,

you decide where you move, if you move into the new square (this is recognized by GPS rx) it will "unhide" (eventually it shows you the number of mines around),

that's the loser who touched the mine,

that's the winner who found the treasure.

Just imagine (we are now testing these happens).

When the game is set in the city, there are not so easy to move from one square to another, because we are running over streets. What's the best solution to be a winner: fast moving in car, or walking/running, or maybe on bicycle?

Welcome to the new game times. When you cannot sit on the front of monitor if you want to win the treasure. You must move yourself outside!

This game is for friends, whose know phone numbers to invitate and organize game. But we think, somebody can establish public server (like news group) where anybody can connect and write the phone number to be the gamer. So if you will have a free time after your business or hard works in some other city, you will be able to find the newsgroup and give them your number, wait for invitation and start the game in the evening.

Maybe we can add the rule: every gamer brings some part of treasure to share with winner. (We mean about beer, not car's parts.) :-)

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Your comments are welcome.