Thinking Meta
For a few years I have had an idea which I haven't really shared with anyone. While at uni we were encouraged to think differently about gaming, and the idea came from a thought session leaving traditional gaming behind.
Imagine a treasure hunt, where the clues for each item are online and the goal is to find QR Codes stuck around the place, scan them, and claim the points.
While I believe the idea is sound, I haven't had a decent way to create, test, produce or maintain the game until last night speaking with one of my good friends, who offered to do the leg work on the project.
Between now and registering a domain name for the project, a lot needs to happen. We have to finalise the parameters and rules of the game, think of a name, build a website and test it with a group of people.
The first thing for me will be the web development. The site needs to contain quite a bit of information;
- Entry page, information about the game
- Registration page (to be locked down until the game is released)
- Clues page (for registered users)
- Profile (to see your scans, and maybe basic information)
- Leader board (to keep the competition fierce)
- Admin pages
- Create a clue / code
- Landing pages for each code
- User Maintenance