Mornington Square

A talk I gave at BarCamp London 6

Transcript

1. Andrew�Godwin
   andrew@aeracode.org
   mornington
   square
   or: how i learned to stop
   worrying and love the oyster cap
   

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2. first stop:
   mornington
   crescent
   

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4. but we have
   GPS devices
   and web browsers
   in our phones
   

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5. but we have
   GPS devices
   and web browsers
   in our phones
   

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6. instead of you choosing
   the rules,
   the server does.
   in a rather evil fashion.
   

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7. example rules:
   

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8. Montgomery's Fifth
   Overture
   Bank and Moorgate are disallowed.
   

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9. 1442 Variation
   No travelling on the District Line.
   

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10. 1984 Divisory Adjunction
    All lines except the Central Line are
    blocked inside the Circle Line.
    

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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.
    

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12. Everyone has
    different rules.
    

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13. Location? But how?
    Clients for almost anything!
    

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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
    

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15. Hrm, that's the slides.
    Demo?
    

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