+Team Flying Dachshund Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 (edited) Maby it is just the "lets make it a video game craze" talking but... If there was a Geocaching Video game would it help or hurt the actual activity of Geocaching? Explain your reasons and dont burn me... I am bored and not able to Geocache as much as I would like to Edited May 19, 2004 by Team Flying Dachshund Quote Link to comment
Broncoholics Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 and dont burn me... Huh ? LOL Quote Link to comment
+GeoCyclist Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Might be good as long as you get to shoot muggles. On another note, with the interactive games you can play with other people over the net a Caching game might be neat if it was interactive. You could look for caches that others hide. Quote Link to comment
+Skip_ Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 I'm not sure if it would help or hinder, but it kind of defeats my reasons for going caching. Namely, getting outside and out from in front of my computer. Quote Link to comment
+Seamus Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 I'm in the same camp, there. I'm not sure just how much fun it would be to play a Geocaching video game, as opposed to actually getting outside and hunting one. I suppose this is weighted somewhat by what you look for in a cache hunt. If you thrill in the reward of actually finding the cache, and don't care too much for the trip to and from, or getting out and seeing the sights along the way, I guess the idea of a caching game would be okay. I often enjoy a DNF as much as I do a find, though. For me, it's more about the aspect of gettinbg outside and being shown around a spot that someone thinks is worthy of showing others. The Geocache at the end isn't so much the goal of the trip as it is the "bait" to get me into the area in the first place. I know this is sort of an "old school caching" philosophy, but I suppose that this is a reflection of when I got involved in the sport. When I got hooked on caching, there simply was no Geocache saturation problem. Virtually (no pun intended) every cache was in its own unique area, with its own quirks and secrets to be discovered. Even caching with a partner who worked for the park system, we were constantly finding little bits and pieces of parks that he never knew about, and had a blast doing it. If you could figure out a way to get that aspect of the Geocaching experience into a video game, I'd be very much impressed. Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Actually, I think there is one around somewhere. Then there's the "training value" for those who "just don't get it." Quote Link to comment
+GSVNoFixedAbode Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 (edited) Hmm, maybe not so much a video game, but PC/Internet-based cache hunt: for a specific set of co-ords, find the most up-to-date and/or highest resolution image of that spot? I suppose it'd be something like geo-dashing via the web. For example, generated co-ords set in the centre of London could be via some of the public webcams, while a spot high in Nepal may have to be from the NASA satellite photo database. [edit - spelling] Edited May 19, 2004 by GSVNoFixedAbode Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 I seem to remember one. You ran around first person style with a GPS. Quote Link to comment
+travisl Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 I hate hunting for micros in places that a traditional would work just as well. I hate computer adventure games where it's a game of 'hunt the pixel' to get the key to open the chest to get the sword to scare the genie to get the lamp to read the insription to get the combination to open the safe to get the plutonium to power the Mr. Fusion to chase the horse to get in the stagecoach to meet the girl to get the disease and die, especially when I'm at the stagecoach and haven't found the key yet, and it's three towns away. I can't imagine how irritating a combination of the two would be. It might make a good electronic greeting card, though. Quote Link to comment
+sledgehampster Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Try this one. Cybercache Quote Link to comment
+Seamus Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Try this one. Cybercache Did it, and it serves fairly well to underscore the point I was getting at in my previous post. It was an okay way to burn five minutes at work, but the "enjoyment factor" was about nil. I'm not trying to degrade it or anything - I'm sure it's the culmination of many hours of programming work, and I'm impressed by the way it was pulled off. As a substitute for actually going out and seeing a new area while looking for a cache, I felt that it left a lot to be desired. Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Try this one. Cybercache That is NOT a virtual cache nor meant to be logged as one. It is a REAL cache that was just used in the simulation. Quote Link to comment
+Team Flying Dachshund Posted May 19, 2004 Author Share Posted May 19, 2004 (edited) what does it say? Edited May 19, 2004 by Team Flying Dachshund Quote Link to comment
+The TriVans Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 While not a game specifically devoted to geocaching, "Nancy Drew - Danger on Deception Island" requires you to use a GPSr to find a geocache as part of the game... Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 what does it say? See here. Quote Link to comment
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