[Game On][April Fool's] Pokemon are now in Google Maps.

cloudeagle · March 2014

I guess we should have a thread to keep track of all the gaming April Fool's stuff? If nothing else, we really need to be talking about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k

Yes, Pokemon are now in the iOS and Android versions of Google Maps. Simply click on them to capture them -- there's even a Pokedex in the Maps app now. There's 150 of them in set locations across the world, and if you find all 150 of them by 2 p.m. April 2, you could get a chance to work at Google as a Pokemon Master starting in September... maybe? I have no idea if they're serious or not. At any rate, what a random and cool team-up.

Cue "Nintendo to make Android apps CONFIRMED."

Lanrutcon · March 2014

Not working for me. What version do I need? Do I need to be signed in?

urahonky · March 2014

Yeah I downloaded the update and still couldn't get anything new.

cloudeagle · March 2014

You don't have to do anything -- mine was all set to go with no updates. But there's only 150 of them scattered across the world, so you have to go to specific locations. Try the White House to get started.

Lanrutcon · March 2014

cloudeagle wrote: »

You don't have to do anything -- mine was all set to go with no updates. But there's only 150 of them scattered across the world, so you have to go to specific locations. Try the White House to get started.

But how do we start it? People are saying click the search bar then click start. There's no 'start' to click.

cloudeagle · March 2014

Lanrutcon wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

You don't have to do anything -- mine was all set to go with no updates. But there's only 150 of them scattered across the world, so you have to go to specific locations. Try the White House to get started.

But how do we start it? People are saying click the search bar then click start. There's no 'start' to click.

I didn't have to do that... I just typed in "white house" and found one on the map.

urahonky · March 2014

Oh God... I'm in trouble.

Lanrutcon · March 2014

Ah, restarted my phone and there it was. Excellent.

KupotheAvenger · March 2014

Of course pikachu was there. of freakin course.

Polaritie · March 2014

There are duplicates galore.

Also, Google's HQ is, as expected, a gold mine.

Up to 47.

Warlock82 · March 2014

Not seeing any. Do you need to be at a certain zoom level or something?

Sterica · March 2014

yeah, you gotta be zoomed in a decent amount to see anything.

jothki · March 2014

So I'm assuming that the winners are going to be people who write scripts to search the entire Google Maps database for things that look like Pokémon. Which are exactly the people whom Google want to hire.

Polaritie · March 2014

jothki wrote: »

So I'm assuming that the winners are going to be people who write scripts to search the entire Google Maps database for things that look like Pokémon. Which are exactly the people whom Google want to hire.

Probably. Figure out a zoom level that works, pull images, subtract all pixels of a few specific colors (the ones normal to google maps), anything that remains is probably a Pokemon so catch it.

That said, it doesn't seem to work on the web page, only the mobile app, so... that makes it trickier by far.

Lucascraft · March 2014

Wait.

So April fools starts on March 31st now?

Holiday creep is the worst.

LostNinja · March 2014

I'm having way too much fun typing in random locations and searching for these things. Also the number of these things that I'm finding thatbive never seen before tells me it's time to pull my 3ds and copy of Y out again.

Werewolf2000ad · March 2014

Lucascraft wrote: »

Wait.

So April fools starts on March 31st now?

Holiday creep is the worst.

It was already April 1st in Japan.

BlueBlue · March 2014

jothki wrote: »

So I'm assuming that the winners are going to be people who write scripts to search the entire Google Maps database for things that look like Pokémon. Which are exactly the people whom Google want to hire.

well the easy way was just the public google doc that people wrote stuff on until they found them all

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BvG2WFB6SR9o40fbJSyisuEs2gbDNZgcp_pIZtotZok/htmlview?sle=true

Shadowfire · April 2014

Optimus Prime is coming to Titanfall.

Shadowfire · April 2014

And in not quite gaming news, the Missouri university of science and technology has updated their website...

MagicPrime · April 2014

Netflix producing new season of Firefly - http://www.thetvaddict.com/2011/04/01/breaking-netflix-to relaunch-firefly/
Blizzard EU - Outcasts fighting game - http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/games/outcasts/

Albino Bunny · April 2014

Payday 2 announce new special police officers: http://steamcommunity.com/games/218620/announcements/detail/1729687716672741080

heenato · April 2014

Skullgirls announces a new character

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXN5yr4dGIc

Skull2185 · April 2014

MagicPrime wrote: »

Netflix producing new season of Firefly - http://www.thetvaddict.com/2011/04/01/breaking-netflix-to relaunch-firefly/

That's just needlessly cruel...

MagicPrime · April 2014

The true question is whats in store for today. Shall we be kidnapped? or assaulted by zombie cobains.

McFlynn · April 2014

I opened a new Office document today on OneDrive and Clippy is back.

Shadowfire · April 2014

Holy shit... Chrome for android has a new option to translate any page into emoji. It's all but unreadable, and I refuse to believe it's anything but an April fools joke.

Raiden333 · April 2014

https://twitter.com/PHIL_FISH/status/450999474731880448

Brainiac 8 · April 2014

MagicPrime wrote: »

Netflix producing new season of Firefly - http://www.thetvaddict.com/2011/04/01/breaking-netflix-to relaunch-firefly/

This...this here is just hateful.

Rderdall · April 2014

Look at all of the Steam Sig Banners.

Skull2185 · April 2014

Raiden333 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PHIL_FISH/status/450999474731880448

I'd settle for Phil just being active on Twitter again for reals.

Kanden · April 2014

He has a double secret twitter that he keeps on lockdown now, SELFISH_PHIL

nusu · April 2014

Here is a small one from Blizz, have to maintain brand synergy through acronyms http://heraldofthestars.com/
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/13611763/hitting-on-the-selection-of-a-name-01-04-2014

And their big one: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/outcasts/
(Beat'd by the eu URL)

Donnicton · April 2014

Since let's plays are more money and get you more attention, Weebl has given up animation and has switched to doing Let's Plays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zMwkCw4ROQ

Excision · April 2014

Rosetta Stone® - Learn to Speak Klingon

Donnicton · April 2014

Burnage · April 2014

heenato wrote: »

Skullgirls announces a new character

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXN5yr4dGIc

The best part of this joke is that she's actually playable. Given that she's not just a palette swap but actually has new animations it's a pretty impressive amount of dedication to April's Foolery.

RainbowDespair · April 2014

http://zeboyd.com/2014/04/01/zeboyd-games-is-proud-to-announce-untamed-armaments/

Zeboyd Games is proud to announce that our next, next game will be Untamed Armaments!

Here’s a short plot teaser:
Rusella Von Formaldehyde is a young dream hunter, a mercenary who searches old ruins for the treasures within. Upon finding one of the legendary Untamed Armaments, she becomes embroiled in an epic struggle that will determine the very fate of the planet!

Here’s concept art of the main character & logo!

Here are a few details about the game:
Future/Western Sci-Fi/Fantasy setting
2D pixel art visuals
Created with Unity so that we can cover more platforms
Job-based class system for character improvement
Untamed Armaments weapon customization system allows for weapon mods upon weapon mods (think Resonance of Fate)
Turn-based RPG gameplay
Strategy/RPG combat with an efficient control scheme for minimal downtime
Missions with win conditions beyond “Defeat all enemies”
Music from Hyperduck

And here’s one of the songs from the game!

Specific platforms, release date, and pricing to be announced at a later date.

Shadowfire · April 2014

You're a cruel bastard.

darleysam · April 2014

Sure are a lot of game-ons happening.

Stormwatcher · April 2014

RainbowDespair wrote: »

http://zeboyd.com/2014/04/01/zeboyd-games-is-proud-to-announce-untamed-armaments/

Zeboyd Games is proud to announce that our next, next game will be Untamed Armaments!

Here’s a short plot teaser:
Rusella Von Formaldehyde is a young dream hunter, a mercenary who searches old ruins for the treasures within. Upon finding one of the legendary Untamed Armaments, she becomes embroiled in an epic struggle that will determine the very fate of the planet!

Here’s concept art of the main character & logo!

Here are a few details about the game:
Future/Western Sci-Fi/Fantasy setting
2D pixel art visuals
Created with Unity so that we can cover more platforms
Job-based class system for character improvement
Untamed Armaments weapon customization system allows for weapon mods upon weapon mods (think Resonance of Fate)
Turn-based RPG gameplay
Strategy/RPG combat with an efficient control scheme for minimal downtime
Missions with win conditions beyond “Defeat all enemies”
Music from Hyperduck

And here’s one of the songs from the game!

Specific platforms, release date, and pricing to be announced at a later date.

This sounds weirdly familiar...

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