6 comments

  • gangerang 12 days ago
    Walk to a payphone, call my number, enter your PIN, capture it and score points. Other players can steal it and you lose points. Form triangles to hold territory. No app or no account. Covers the whole of Australia. I built it because a friend told me you could buy phone numbers for $2 and I wanted to put mine to use. I had collected the payphone dataset from a previous project (where you call into the payphone) so this was a good fit. Since covid, it's actually free to call out from payphones, so the game is completely free to play
    • wan0net 12 days ago
      Keen to hear where you bought a number for $2. I'm looking at getting some for Signal bridges for OpenClaw.
      • gangerang 12 days ago
        Check out CrazyTel in Australia. They're landline numbers though, more expensive for 04x mobiles
  • abustamam 7 days ago
    This is great! My wife and I love geocaching and this would be a very similar game, if only there were still payphones in the states :)
  • insan3_91 4 days ago
    Best game ever!! Now I just need people to join my cell.
  • ktoo_ 11 days ago
    This is incredible! Now I have something real-ish to do at lunch time. And I get to play spy! Thanks!
    • gangerang 11 days ago
      Be careful, it's slightly addictive!
  • mememememememo 12 days ago
    Cool idea! Get people out and walking! Yeah you can drive but if 2 or more are close walking wins.
    • gangerang 12 days ago
      Yeah, that the plan. I'm just surprised people are out there running around the city at midnight on a Friday dialling into payphones for fun
      • mememememememo 12 days ago
        Oh it isn't just your mates? Is there new people doing it? Cool if so.
        • gangerang 12 days ago
          Yep! Was just mates but now it's spread to be more people I don't know than I do
  • Andrew_McCarron 12 days ago
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