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[Trinsic]

Greetings fellow bay12ers.

I've been working on a project lately. Mythology Unbound is a new type of game currently under development. It blends elements of MMORPG's, social games, and augmented reality to create something new.

The basic premise should be one familiar to most people and popularized by books and movies such as Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. In addition to the mundane world that everyone can see, there is a magical hidden world all around us. Players in Mythology Unbound will take the part of wizards, witches, and warlocks that can see and interact with the mystical. Unlike most MMORPG's which are set in a fantasy world, Mythology Unbound is set on Earth. As an augmented reality game it takes place in the real world, overlapping and extending what you normally see. The bus stop down the street may have trolls living under it, the nearby park may be a good place to find arcane cinnabar, or the fountain at the mall may be a popular place for wizards to hang out and swap spells.

To interact with this magical world, the players can control avatars, command familiars, and cast spells through the use of a game client. There will be many different clients allowing access to the game world. The most used will likely be on GPS-enabled devices and smartphones, allowing the players to receive updates based on their location. Currently there is a working reference client that runs under Windows, Linux, and soon Mac.

The webpage is at http://www.mythologyunbound.com

Strike the Earth!

[Briggsy16]

Hearing it called Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Apprentice makes me so very sad

[Sirus]

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is something else entirely. OP should probably make that a little more clear

Anyway, this sounds a little interesting. Do you have any screenshots or something to share with us?

[Hubris Incalculable]

OP should probably make that a little more clear

It would be possible to make it clearer by simply switching the titles around, I think, seeing as The Sorcerer's Apprentice doesn't have the "X and the Y" construction that the Harry Potter books have:

"books and movies such as The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Harry Potter"

[Sergius]

Hearing it called Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Apprentice makes me so very sad

Harry Potter and the Chamberpot of Secrets.

[Trinsic]

Heheh, ahh, yes, I hadn't really noticed how it fit the standard naming convention for Harry Potter books  Anyways, its not based on them or anything, that's just the most common current example of that particular theme.

I don't have any screenshots yet as the client really isn't all that graphically impressive (and I'm still adding new bits to it all the time). Unlike a normal mmorpg, it's not really trying to convey the entire experience of some fantasy world. The way it is using augmented reality means that the game takes place in RL in some ways. The various game elements are placed throughout the world. The idea is that you simply can't see them without using one of the game clients. At some point (when we get a 3d modeler) we can actually make 3d models for those things. For now, most of them are merely represented by icons. To help you navigate on the pc-based client, that client includes mapping software (Nasa Worldwind and Open Street Map) to let you send your in-game avatar to various locations around the world.