Coderace

Coderace is a location-based game where teams equipped with bikes and Android(tm) mobile devices compete to claim locations across a city.

Locations are displayed on a Google map and to claim a location, a player must solve a clue and enter the correct code. Using GPS functionality, all players are tracked and their positions can be displayed in the interface. This lets a player make strategic decisions about which location to target next depending on whether it already contested or not.

At the start of the game only a few locations are visible; more are revealed as the visible ones are claimed. Back at the start location, the game is displayed on a monitor so that supporters and other spectators can follow their team’s progress.

Coderace is designed to be used as part of an organised event and the original game is in Edinburgh. To take part in a game you need a username and password for the central server. A training game is available which restarts automatically every half hour. You can find login details on the Coderace Web site at www.coderace.co.uk