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Rekidk

Nice solve, Tarim and Jwiv! Smile

Storywise, since Pat & Dave were the ones who created the software for busting TimeHoles... And since Archibald Plasm gave us the website address that led to the download...

Does that mean that Pat & Dave have created Archibald Plasm as an Augmented Reality Game (just like they made the ARG We Love Beef)? In other words, is A Plasm an Augmented Reality Game within the Alternate Reality of the MeiGeist world?

I think so. But I'm not sure if that makes sense. Wink

(By the way, my home computer's been really slow ever since I installed my new antivirus software [ironic, huh?], so I haven't been able to be in #Geist as much as I'd have liked. Sorry!)

**Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:35 pm

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**Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:43 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:12 pm

Russell

I suppose the next question is,

Does anyone have the means to try out the software, and if so what is it?

Ok I delved a bit deeper (accidentally decompiled it) and it appears to be quite a fun game, although the application I did it with doesnt have particularly good emulation tools so I would be quite interested to know what someone who has a mobile gadget thinks of it.

{Word of Warning} Do not try to look at the file like I did as it was too much of a behind the curtain peek

**Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:14 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:28 pm

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Rogi Ocnorb

Installed the game and played around with it for a while.
it's kinda fun, but I had to stop 'cause my morning break was over.

You can install it on an SD card, which is nice. There are some "Max Headroom" type audio glitches in the content, but nothing dropping out, I think. That might be my PocketPC not being an HP, though.

Playing area is ~football field size to as large as you want to make it.

For max fun, one person should set the initial five points and let the other players find them.
The five points are the timehole, itself and four spirit zones. On each for Archibald, Hector, Angina and Grammama.

You just walk around till you find a spirit zone and follow the directions the spirit gives you.

Grammama tore up the family portrait and tossed it to the winds of the timehole. You have to find the pieces and put them back together. The spirits help you collect the portrait pieces, if you do them favors (So far, this was going from one spirit to another collecting items like a brooch, a bicycle, a "pocket barometer", a cup of tea, a piece of cake and a kiss and delivering them to another of the spirits).

I got that done and went back to the timehole where all four pieces of the portrait were waiting to be reassembled. I hit the "FIX" button and....

and....

and...

Another timehole breeze came up and scattered the pieces, again.

I will try again, later.

It's worth the download/install just for the audio. There's something extra funny about Brits who ham it up using exaggerated Victorian accents.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:16 pm

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I'm pretty sure it isn't, but the girl in white on the lower right looks a lot like Rachel Dratch from Saturday Night Live.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:01 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:26 pm

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Not understanding that the timehole is "supposed" to be the center of your area. I set it and then walked west till it said I could set a new point (About 100 feet), then I went south about 100 feet and set the next. Went east maybe 75 feet for the fourth and south, again for about 75 feet. And, finally west again for about 50 feet.

So my field is about 100x175 feet.
I'm sure it could be smaller if you let the GPS "settle-in" and get down to 3D resolution. The software probably uses the GPS' current accuracy zone for its windows and I'd guess makes sure you have a couple of "zones" between spirit portals. I could see it working within a 30-35 foot radius, if you take your time setting up the field and the "birds" are sending good signals.

ETA: Replayed the game. (One more round of just grabbing the pieces from the spirits and hitting "FIX" at the timehole).

No special clues or anything. Just the pic I posted previously and the satisfaction of releasing four wayward spirits.

Pretty cool technology, though. Lots of gaming and other possibilities. I'm thinking the primary market is in something like self-guided tours, though.

The way this game is set-up, it can be played anywhere at anytime with just a few minutes of preconfiguration. It'd be a fun diversion at family gatherings, for example.

In case it should matter... I misspelled "Grandmamma", earlier.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:49 pm

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Wait.

/me is confused.

You set the locations of the spirits, or the game does automatically after you set the coordinates for the playing location?

Either way... I want to play now! Smile

I'm pooling all my resources to find myself a PDA w/ GPS. And I'm determined to do it! Smile

**Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:19 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:37 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:35 pm

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Finally got me a PDA w GPS and spent ages setting up with maps/software and Timehooooole! Just got to run around a field like an idiot now.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:56 am

jwiv

Awesome, let those of us that are sans the right toy know how it goes. It sounds like a neat widget, but sadly not compatible with my current GPS.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:50 pm

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Shady · Boot Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 68

OK, so the neighbours think I have lost the plot as I made the timehole in my back garden and walked around outside the house to set up the other spirit nodes. Back and forth I went dishing out tea and cake to finally get the pieces only to have them scattered as Rogi did and have to walk around the neighbourhood once more with my husband laughing at me from the front window!...........Well worth it.
I now have an identical jpg!

**Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:23 pm