GPS Performance & Game Intensity
Glofun Labs Notebook

Home

1. Make use of small (specific) locations that are relatively close together
2. Respond to small changes in the player's location

Smaller game scales and faster play speeds are the hallmarks of "high-intensity" LEGs.  We at Glofun Labs believe that high-intensity LEGs offer players the most exciting game experiences. 

GPS reliability (accuracy and precision) affects GAME SCALE:

GPS timeliness (update frequency and lag time) affects PLAY SPEED:

Most location-enabled games are large scale and slow playing:

Most sports are smaller scale and faster playing:

Glofun™ games are high-intensity:

Further Reading

Global Positioning System, Wikipedia entry on GPS.  Includes a discussion of factors that affect GPS performance.

Spacerace – A Location Based game for mobile phones using Assisted GPS - Paper discussing the effect of GPS performance on the player's experience of a game created by the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences.