14 DAY TRIAL // Leading global publisher of mobile games Glu Mobile announced on Thursday the launch of a new application in the Apple App Store, namely the 1000: Find ‘Em All! game. According to the company, the new title is set to offer iPhone and iPod touch users the possibility to explore and discover various items in the game's world through navigating in the real world.
There are 1000 weird and wonderful items that can be found in the new game from Glu Mobile, and there are three ways in which one can find them, the company also notes. What users can do in the game includes the exploring of the real world via GPS, the search for Gifters in the game through real-world Wi-Fi hotspots, and the interaction with the virtual game world.
“No matter where the day may take you, we designed the 1000: Find ‘Em All! App to be played in bite-sized portions and to make the world around you a bit more interesting,” said Alex Galvagni, CTO & SVP Global Product Development, Glu Mobile. “The app seamlessly integrates the players and their real world locations with the game itself, making the player’s actual location an essential part of the game. 1000: Find ‘Em All! brings GPS gaming on iPhone and iPod touch to the next level and we are excited to add another highly inventive game to our original portfolio of apps for iPhone.”
The goal of the new game is to search for the items in the virtual world, which Glu Mobile says that encompass fun characters and gifts that players will discover through navigating the real world and through looking for Gifters in the virtual one. These special characters called Gifters will appear in the game's world depending on the location of Wi-Fi hotspots in the real world, as each hotspot creates a character in the game, which will deliver a new item.
“Players can also find items by exploring the real world using the innovative GPS mode in the app. Activating this mode while on the move will reveal a map of the player’s current location covered with collectable gifts. Walking towards a gift will add it to the player’s collection. The gift could be anything from a half eaten jam sandwich to a monkey with a typewriter. Each trinket and gizmo is one part of the collection of 1000,” the game developing company also notes.
The new 1000: Find ‘Em All! App from Glu Mobile is available for purchase via the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch for $2.99.