CollecTic: PSP Game Has You Hunting for Wi-Fi Access |
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CollecTic is a game developed by Jonas Hielscher that uses the standard features of the PSP, with emphasis on the handheld's ability to scan for wireless access points to the Internet. Yes, that's an indication that you'd have to really move around to play the game. Well, some of us could use the workout.The game lets players search for different access points. These will then have to be collected and combined in a puzzle in order to earn points. It's basically using your PSP as a sensor device, similar to what some of you do with a metal detector when looking for buried treasures in the beach. With all the access point-finding exercise, you'd be able to discover the hidden infrastructure of wireless network coverage via auditive and visual feedback. It's designed as a single player game, but you can play competitively with another player using two PSPs.
Every time your PSP gets a wireless access point signal, the point will be visualized as a square, triangle, or circle, having a specific color and size determined by the signal strength of the access point. So, logic dictates that if you want a bigger form, you'd have to move closer to a point with stronger signal.
Hielscher further explains, "All visible figures are starting to blink and to play a sound after each other. The length of time a figure blinks, depends on the strength of the signal. The kind of sound depends on the form and color: the form determines the waveform of the sound (sine, triangle or square wave); the color determines the note (frequency) of the sound. If the player presses the button corresponding to the figure that lightens up, s/he collects the figure, meaning the access point. The collected shapes will be placed in the big black square on the screen. During the game, an access point can only be collected once. So, in order to find new access points the player has to move around."
The puzzle part comes in when you have collected enough figures in the black square. The figures can be arranged in a grid of 3 x 3. When the maximum amount of shapes (9) is collected, the grid will check for three equals in a row. Same-shape combinations give you extra points.
Now, here's the twist. Unsecured wireless access points are represented by black and white star. That may not be intriguing enough, but this star can either have a positive or negative effect, unknown to the player before selecting it. The black star serves as the villain in the game as it throws all selected figures out of the puzzle! The white star, on the other hand, helps complete a row. So, better wish for a white star.
Though CollecTic is not yet available for download, it will run on PSPs up to firmware version 2.0.
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Thats funny
Cool.
this would be coool like you control a person or something and collect accesspoints within the game and or enemies are access points or soemthing rally kule manh
yeah mang this be cools like ma roe dawg smokin locc
Great concept!
I'd like to see someone run into a pole playing this.
FIRST COMMENT *****ES!!
very cool idea.
if this could somehow be combined with marking points on the map homebrew... you could end up with people having fun, and at the same time makign a database of wifi spots, for all to enjoy.
mmm, interesting game.
lol, people living in an apartment would probably have a much easier time finding access points. They could prolly find like 10 just from their room XD
sounds pretty gay to me too, like i MIGHT try it, but who is actually gunna PLAY it?
its a waste of time and effort making that *****.
What the hell is this game? Well, I admit that the concept's really original but... imagine yourself directing your psp up and down, behind and in front... not only you'll look like really odd guy, but also, above all, you'll be more than ever open for theft attempts!
Some might be limited because some areas have no wifi.
so thsi is lieke "find as many hotspots as you can"? or what? i dont get wtf, it doesnt seem very practical
wowowow i might actually goes out syde man
This sounds like a freakin awesome idea. Very original. I can see someone at somebodies house visiting with there PSP playing this game get a black star and begin to gripe at the home owner of there internet being evil and such. That would be weird.
Really, I love the concept and Idea... I'm downloading it ASAP, but to be honest these skills would better be put to use helping to establish some common PSP WiFi libraries... like netlib but for PSP C++..... but I still love the original concept
Interesting concept. Unfortunately, there's all of ~4 access points located within a couple metres of this house, so it wouldn't be very easy to play
Definitely something to look forward to though.
The point is this is a nice change in types of homebrew games :D!!! Its good to see someone has gone to the effort of trying somthing else
Great concept but the realisation is not that good I think.
Of course the game might only be effective in bigger cities.
But that's not the point. The GUI is just unspectacular. With a few improvements this could grow really big.
Hope the author will release the source...
For example Strip-Collectic would be great. Everytime you get three in a row a girl undresses... (just a funny idea)....
Keep the game pure and simple. The idea is great and original. I live in a medium sized city so this could be fun.
I'd rather poke myself in the eye
Jo! I think NĀ°23 is gay! Of course this would be a great idea. Shrink's da man!
Just added a video of CollecTic in action.
I think this is one of the most origonalhomebre w games I have seen for the psp yet...! cant wait to get my hands on it...
j0ey2069
NICE
Hahah holland rules (ok.. not at the WC)
What about small towns of populations less than 25,000? The only wireless access points pretty much here are at WalMart or schools. People here are mostly still on dialup...
ROFL
i wonder if someone is getting killed for playing this game (all the backwards street cross and stuff, lmao)
I think this is a cool idea. Allowing one to actually get up and play rather than sit in a designated spot for hours. I'll be looking foward to this concept of gaming!
It's a cool idea.
It'd be amusing if the data (open wifi IP/location, etc) was harvested and uploaded to a server somewhere.
Neet
Woudlnt it be even kewler if it was actuall some sort of remote access tool to yur PSP put out by Sony to detect how many PSP's worldwide are still running homebrew on their PSP's
or maybe some sort of tool used to gather data and send to servers which find the useless data valuable ;P
just kidding though
Serioulsly looks like fun
Looks cool Can't wait for it to come out.
Looks cool, too bad i have upgraded to 2.71 :(, i'll wait until the next exploit is found
This game would be awesome.
Probably would encourage people to get outside and SEARCH AS HARD AS THE MOON WANTS THEM TOO
It's a good idea but useless for me who live in the country somewhere in a wood
It would be funny when waking up in the morning seeing someone shoven their psp through your window to get the the next piece of the puzzle =P
When will it came out?
I wanna try it!!!