Show HN: Payphone Tag is territory game using Australia's 15,000 payphones
20 points by gangerang
by gangerang
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Walk to a payphone, call my number, enter your PIN, capture it and score points. Other players can steal it and you lose points. Form triangles to hold territory. No app or no account. Covers the whole of Australia. I built it because a friend told me you could buy phone numbers for $2 and I wanted to put mine to use. I had collected the payphone dataset from a previous project (where you call into the payphone) so this was a good fit. Since covid, it's actually free to call out from payphones, so the game is completely free to play
by ktoo_
1 subcomments
This is incredible! Now I have something real-ish to do at lunch time. And I get to play spy! Thanks!
by mememememememo
1 subcomments
Cool idea! Get people out and walking! Yeah you can drive but if 2 or more are close walking wins.
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