A downloadable game for Windows

Demonstrative application on visualizing geographical data for use as a playable environment in a video game.

This game application is part of a survey in concern to the observation and assessment of player engagement - and ultimately being used to form a scientific study about the influence that the gamification of geospacial data has on player engagement.

Survey Procedure:

  1. Download the manual and review it
  2. Download the executable package
  3. Play through the demonstration (duration: ~15 mins) by starting geochase_v1.0c.exe
    1. Choose one of the cached locations and wait for the world to load
    2. Press Tab to see the next assignment
    3. Enter the range
    4. Interact with buildings (marked red on the minimap)
    5. Find the correct building
  4. Continue with the Survey!
  5. Thank you!

Controls:

Look Around Mouse
MovementWASD
Choose Building for assignment
Left Mouse | F
Jump Spacebar
Sprint / Run
Hold Shift
Show Assignment Info
Tabulator
Pause Game / Debug features
Escape

Notice:

  • Please make use of the debug functions if you so require:
Highlight POI
Color the correct building in yellow on the minimap
New Assignment
Select a new point of interest
Reset Position
Resets the player position
New Game
Deletes all round scores and selects a new point of interest

Download

Download
geochase v1.0c.zip 155 MB
Download
Manual.pdf 986 kB