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May 27, 2011
Don't miss Sony's Project Shiphunt, a fun game using Google Ocean
We've covered a lot of games that have been created using Google Earth (and/or the Google Earth Plug-in) as the playing field. We wrote up an overview of many of them last year, and since then we've seen a few other great ones like "Drive the A-Team Van" and "Ships 1.5". However, I don't think I've yet seen a game that makes such extensive use of Google Ocean as I've seen with Sony's new Project Shiphunt.
The game is very well done and certainly quite challenging. You can play it at discover.sonystyle.com/shiphunt
or watch the trailer below for more.
Have you tried it yet? Any luck finding some ships?
Posted by mickmel at May 27, 2011 6:59 AM
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Posted by: ss at May 29, 2011 12:21 PM
Wow, very impressive. I like the mouse control scheme on the game. A bit smoother and it is a winner. Also live the clever integration with Flash GUI and the ge screen overlay.
As far as gameplay it is a bit basic. Not much underwater exploration and they could have pulled some more tricks with good underwater lighting and a 3D shipwreck to get near.
I just wish they had hired me for this game. Very very nicely done.
Posted by: Paul van Dinther at May 31, 2011 6:31 PM
There's a new version up of the game now that has all 6 ship stories available together; http://discover.sonystyle.com/shiphunt/ also, there's a Facebook treasure hunt game too http://apps.facebook.com/projectshiphunt/
Posted by: Rob at June 8, 2011 5:55 AM
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I managed to find a ship after maybe 15 mins. Pretty fun; not bad for an adver-game.