This will be huge. Monopoly, one of the best selling games, having been around for decades, might now come to foursquare. Three students from the Miami Ad School created what is a game concept so far, but might become a powerful use of the foursquare API soon.
The idea is to play Monopoly with real life venues. You can buy and sell them and visitors checking in to the venues add a virtual rent to your savings account. Every player starts with USD 100.000 – the prices of the venues are based on their popularity, measured by the amount of check-ins they have on foursquare. Managing your properties wisely will result in virtual earnings giving you the opportunity to buy the most valuable venues in your city.
The concept sounds really exciting. The video they shot for presenting it is done in a very professional way. They say they’re working on the development but have no release date set yet.
I’m personally very much looking forward to this game layer on top of foursquare. The first reactions I read online share this excitement. This will be a great example of usage of the foursquare API. The concept is such a natural fit, I’m surprised this wasn’t thought of and realized earlier.
Here’s the promotion video:
Foursquaropoly from Deanna McDonald on Vimeo.
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