The previous day I took the time to play Pokemon GO, a mobile game by Niantic using the Unity Engine. The game revolves around using your phone's built-in GPS map to be used as an over-world for you, the player, to go out and start catching Pokemon!
The game initially starts you off with choosing your player, to choose either from a boy or a girl. (Sorry non-binary folks). Then choosing their accessories, clothing etc. After some brief introductions with the initial starting NPCs, you then are thrust out to your adventure!
So here is where I make the confession: I actually have been playing roughly around the game was initially released. During this play session I walked around campus and noticed that there was someone that actually placed lures on all the poke-stops! I found that actually really refreshing considering I thought there would be less people playing the game this point, I was very mistaken. (Perhaps it was due to the people playing for this blog post?). So far, the current mechanics have not changed, but there is seem to be improvements for net-code for Pokemon battles.
To initiate a Pokemon battle, you must be in the vicinity of a Pokemon gym. From there you can choose to activate the 'battle sequence' which make it so your Pokemon will teleport to an arena where you need to tap your screen as fast as you can to win the battle. Victory will depend on your Pokemon level, stats, and overall 'CP', which dictates how strong your Pokemon is.
Overall it was a nice venture back to a game that received both hype and controversy. I am aware that there is a form of player vs player interaction in a later patch coming soon, which should make things interesting!
The game initially starts you off with choosing your player, to choose either from a boy or a girl. (Sorry non-binary folks). Then choosing their accessories, clothing etc. After some brief introductions with the initial starting NPCs, you then are thrust out to your adventure!
So here is where I make the confession: I actually have been playing roughly around the game was initially released. During this play session I walked around campus and noticed that there was someone that actually placed lures on all the poke-stops! I found that actually really refreshing considering I thought there would be less people playing the game this point, I was very mistaken. (Perhaps it was due to the people playing for this blog post?). So far, the current mechanics have not changed, but there is seem to be improvements for net-code for Pokemon battles.
To initiate a Pokemon battle, you must be in the vicinity of a Pokemon gym. From there you can choose to activate the 'battle sequence' which make it so your Pokemon will teleport to an arena where you need to tap your screen as fast as you can to win the battle. Victory will depend on your Pokemon level, stats, and overall 'CP', which dictates how strong your Pokemon is.
Overall it was a nice venture back to a game that received both hype and controversy. I am aware that there is a form of player vs player interaction in a later patch coming soon, which should make things interesting!
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