Mornington Square

A talk I gave at BarCamp London 6

1. Andrew�Godwin andrew@aeracode.org mornington square or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the oyster cap
2. first stop: mornington crescent
4. but we have GPS devices and web browsers in our phones
5. but we have GPS devices and web browsers in our phones
6. instead of you choosing the rules, the server does. in a rather evil fashion.
7. example rules:
8. Montgomery's Fifth Overture Bank and Moorgate are disallowed.
9. 1442 Variation No travelling on the District Line.
10. 1984 Divisory Adjunction All lines except the Central Line are blocked inside the Circle Line.
11. Game flow: Player chooses where to move to, and gives an ETA. They move. Get there early: Wait until ETA. Get there late: Delayed by 5 minutes. Server chooses new rules.
12. Everyone has different rules.
13. Location? But how? Clients for almost anything!
14. Cheating! Stage one: Require position lock until next move has begun. Stage two: Require position lock of some pre-known local landmark. Stage three: Hack into the CCTV
15. Hrm, that's the slides. Demo?