Mobile Proximity Games

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Mobslinger (mobiles! we dont need no stinkin mobiles!)

Mobslinger is a game that enables spontaneous stimulated social interaction between mobile phone users by utilising proximity information from Bluetooth. This innovative game takes the form of a wild west, quick draw, ‘shoot-em-up’. Mobslinger runs as a background application on Symbian Series 60 smartphone which periodically scans for other users in the vicinity who are also running the mobslinger application. Once detected, a countdown timer is initiated on both phones which alerts the user by sounding an alarm and vibrating the phone. The user then has to ‘draw’ their mobile and enter the randomly generated number which has appeared on the screen as quickly as possible. The person with the fastest time is the winner and the loser is ‘killed’, which means their application is locked out from game-play for a set period of time. The game is playable in a number of different modes that allow different numbers of players and game play. The modes are Quick Draw, Bloodbath, Last Man Standing, and Outlaws.