• DocumentCode
    119911
  • Title

    GeoQuesting: Mobile adventure game and web-based game editor

  • Author

    Brassai, Beata ; Varga, Bernadette ; Simon, Karoly ; Torok-Vistai, Tamas

  • Author_Institution
    Codespring LLC, Babes-Boyai Univ., Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    11-13 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    99
  • Lastpage
    103
  • Abstract
    The GeoQuesting project is presented, including the functional overview of the components and some details regarding their implementation. Development tools, patterns and technologies are also described. The project includes a mobile game application and a web application for game creation. The main component of the project is an adventure game running on mobile devices. While playing the game the player has to solve quests and to find checkpoints in different locations. A web-based user interface is provided for editing, managing and publishing games easily. In this way various quests can be created using different types of conditions (question answering, finding checkpoints based on GPS position etc.). GeoQuesting can be used in different domains: such as education (e.g.: a game showcasing historical places in a city), tourism (e.g.: a game for touring landmarks in a region), marketing, entertainment industry etc.
  • Keywords
    Internet; computer games; mobile computing; software engineering; software tools; user interfaces; GeoQuesting; GeoQuesting project; Web-based game editor; Web-based user interface; game development patterns; game development technologies; game development tools; game editing; game management; game publishing; mobile adventure game; mobile devices; Games; Global Positioning System; Java; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Servers; User interfaces; Adventure game; Client-Server Architecture; GPS; NFC; RESTFul Web Services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Systems and Informatics (SISY), 2014 IEEE 12th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Subotica
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SISY.2014.6923565
  • Filename
    6923565