Orienteering used to be a training exercise for military officers. While integrating it into a game is difficult, this idea attempts to link the physical sport and a game. As a PC based game with an accompanying app or a smartphone based game, teams and individuals could compete locally and globally. The other portion of the game would be a form of simulator, potentially allowing players to create courses or have avatars they could gain items for by completing courses. Achievements would unlock some items, and monthly events could add items or extra routes.

Levels could be made using maps of the local area, picking locations within walking distance and challenging teams to take their phones and find the control points along the route, using the app, which would contain a compass, a topographic map and a control description sheet. At each control point, players would receive direction to the next location. This could be done by phone. but may be easier on phone data chaarges if done at a pc. Team events could be hosted locally, with a physical prize at each control point for the first group to collect.

Levels would mostly be based around foot orienteering, and would include a gps in the app for if players managed to get completely lost.

Mounted orienteering, where only the vicinity of the control point is marked on the map and players must use the control description sheet to locate the control point could be offered as a higher difficulty.

Existing courses could be used.

For anyone interested, permanent orienteering courses can be found here: http://www.orienteering.org.nz/about-orienteering/...

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