Switch Cars – Unmanned Taxi

Switch Cars – Unmanned Taxiis the short form of >b>Switch Cars – Grayly and the Unmanned Taxi

TARGET AUDIENCE

This "time killer" is designed for visual and audio enjoyment while your are lining up in a queue, commuting, or waiting for friends and have a minute to kill. You may end this game any time without losing any earned progress, for everything happens here are purely by chance.

In this game, you will tour around virtual sites with Grayly in a virtual city. After the long trip Grayly will be rewarded with shot at the sites. You may even have the Grayly to walk around the site, explore different angles for taking photos. No entrance fee!

BACKGROUND

The story is set on an imaginary world. The avatar Grayly takes unmanned taxis to go around and visit various sites. These unmanned taxis wander around the roadless city randomly. You help the Grayly to get to the destinations faster by switching cars wisely - the paths of the unmanned taxis are purely random but your decision for switching is intelligent.

GAME PLAY

Screen name

On your first run of the game, you are prompted to give a screen name for Grayly. If you want to change the screen name some time later, long-touch (approx 5 secs) on the screen showing brief instructions.

Start Waiting

The game starts with Grayly standing on the road doing nothing. You may tap the LOWER HALF of the screen to call for a taxi. When there is a taxi approaching, Grayly will be notified and board the taxi.

Changing idea

While Grayly is waiting for a taxi, you may switch between waiting and idling.

Switching Car

While Grayly is riding, you tap the LOWER HALF of the screen to alight. Grayly is then free to stand there or wait for another taxi.

Changing Camera View

While Grayly is idling, waiting, or riding, you may shuffle through the preset angles of view for the camera.

Arriving Destination

There is single random destination every time you launch the game. When the taxi Grayly riding approach the destination site, it will pull up and Grayly will alight. Grayly will then walk towards the destination site and take a photo shot. You may share the shot or store it for yourself. You may end the game, try another site, or walk around the site for a limited duration.

Walking Around

If you choose to have Grayly walk around the site, you may double tap a point on the ground to have Grayly walk there, drag up/down on the screen to tilt, drag left/right to turn around, press the SHOOT button to talk a shot and share it. You may take many many shots at different angles and/or at different time of the day. Only time is limited.

CHARACTERS

Grayly – The avatar, virtual traveler by the Unmanned Taxi. Grayly is carrying a smartphone for taking photos around at the destination sites and holding a flash (aka torch) for the darkness since he may need to wait a long time for an unmanned taxi in the game.

Unmanned Taxi – The only mode of transportation for getting to the destination sites. It is unmanned – no driver. It moves by itself randomly – no one knows where it will go. It consumes energy – cars depleted of energy cannot take passenger.

SITES

These include stunning architectural sites and artistic sculptures (at the time of writing, there is a total of 28 sites and more will be introduced soon). You may check out the latest list on GreatOfBlack YouTube Channel for previews of the destination sites.

MATHEMATICS

It is a connection problem over a real discrete continuum solution space. The edges are random. The connecting nodes are determined by you. No prior knowledge available for everything is really random. Can you figure out a strategy to make the connection faster? If you do not mind, you can always sit down and wait until a solution is obtained by chance.

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