Sight Quest: A Mobile Game for Paper Maps

Sight Quest is a location-based game for mobile camera devices that uses paper maps as game boards and is played in urban spaces. The players have to solve different quests requiring knowledge about geographic objects on the map as well as real and fictional attributes of these objects. The players move their mobile camera device like a magic lens over the map in order to make the attributes of the objects visible and to control interaction with the game. The game has to be played in different locations to solve all quests. Sight Quest can be played at many different locations in the city where interactive stationary maps are available, e.g., at subway stations and public places. Sight Quest is designed for spontaneous interaction and therefore it is aimed at players who are in contexts where they are waiting and have some spare time.