Hoodownr!

Here's a little number we tossed off recently into the Caribbean isles. I mean: here's the intro video for the game we've been working on for quite a few years now. Presenting to you all in glorious Jo-jo the dog-o-vision: Hoodownr.

So how does it work?

• To begin, start the app, login, and click play. Then simply put the phone back into your pocket and start walking. Go out into the wild and return to civilization again. And that's it!
• Form clans with your friends and claim areas together.
• Compete to capture areas with other players and clans.
• Create adventures and challenges for your friends. Like "Hey, bet you’re too scared to capture all the cemeteries in our home town!". Or "Here are three cryptic clues that lead you to some points of interest. It only counts if you take a picture of ‘em!"

Hoodownr is a game that encourages real-world social interactions

We feel that most games today don’t do enough to encourage people to interact in real life.

Our aim is to bring people together to plan,discover and play. Hoodownr is built in a way that incentivizes and rewards social behaviour by leaving your comfort zone. Get out there and find something new and exciting!

We also believe that people need tools to downshift and alleviate the stress that comes with all the digital noise and countless notifications. People need a way to tune out once in a while. With Hoodownr you are primarily interacting with real people in the real world. You  now have the opportunity to opt out from social media bombardment (at least for a while).

Hoodownr is a great tool for people who are not into counting calories. You are not running for the sake of running. You are moving to capture areas either with your friends or on your own. There are other exciting features unique to Hoodownr that we’ll reveal over the next few weeks. They will promote exploration, searching and add advanced social functions to the experience.

Hoodownr takes you away from your routines to make discoveries.  

THIS IS BIG NEWS

because we are pushing social gaming to the next level with Hoodownr. Our game is designed to take you away from your everyday experiences to put a unique spin on your familiar environment.

The game is scaleable from a series of basic hood-takeover battles, to live-action-roleplaying and psychogeography/deep topography experimentation on the other end. Whether you are a loitering teen skater, young urban drifter, commuting parent or a gnarly space cadet looking to tune in to your surroundings, our game gives you the freedom to do what you want. And our game is called Hoodownr.

Over the next few weeks we will publish frequent updates about the Hoodownr project. Please follow us on our blog and Facebook page at facebook.com/osuuskuntahastur. We’re also on Twitter under @camphastur.