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Forum Archive 2023 => dMw Gaming => Gaming Archive => It's a game ...but it ain't got its own topic! => Topic started by: Obsydian on September 29, 2015, 09:33:15 PM

Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: Obsydian on September 29, 2015, 09:33:15 PM
Hi guys,

Has anyone seen this FPS that uses augmented reality on your phone to allow you to fight battles in real life, using GPS tracking and location-awareness to alert you to friends and foe in your vicinity for you to team up with or take down as appropriate:

https://queueat.com/tracking?campaign_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.father.io%2F%3Freferral%3D274fc587%26src%3Dreferral%26utm_source%3Dqueueat.com%26utm_medium%3Dreferral%26utm_campaign%3D274fc587

Looks like a more fun version of Ingress.

They're taking pre-registrations at the moment and the launch is said to be imminent. :)
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: OldBloke on September 29, 2015, 10:06:40 PM
I'm signed up :thumb:
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: sulky_uk on September 29, 2015, 10:14:09 PM
me 2..how much fun at the lan would that be
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: Blunt on September 30, 2015, 12:33:12 AM
Looks fun, but I can't help thinking that behaving like that in any city or large town would get you SWATted pretty quick.
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: Obsydian on September 30, 2015, 01:23:45 AM
Yeah, that was my first thought, but then I thought "what the hell, it looks like fun!"
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: TeaLeaf on September 30, 2015, 06:53:10 AM
Looks fun, signed up to see how quickly we get arrested or taken away by men in white coats!
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: Gandalf on September 30, 2015, 09:29:04 AM
Now this would be a great app for glass. Shame they've shelved it for now.
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: OldBloke on February 20, 2016, 05:46:50 PM
Just got an email from them ...

QuoteWe are thrilled to announce to our waitlist community that launch is imminent. Be on the lookout for details next week as we bring FatherIO to the world. In the meantime we are announcing some amazing pre-launch rewards and perks to our early fans as a thank you for your support.
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: Twyst on February 21, 2016, 02:29:55 PM
Looks fun, but not for a regular game maybe.
Signed up.
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: Obsydian on February 21, 2016, 02:48:44 PM
Yeah I just got an email saying that they launch next week
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: Gorion on February 24, 2016, 03:46:59 PM
You can buy the attachment now, not sure about this yet. It really depends on how many people play it worldwide.
Title: Father.IO - First Person Shooter...In Real Life!
Post by: Obsydian on February 24, 2016, 07:12:41 PM
I've ordered mine! :)

They've made their Indiegogo funding target in less than 24 hours.

[video=youtube;K1ucxoKyiZI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ucxoKyiZI[/video]