NerdHerder for iOS
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Herd nerds through a distracting office space!
Help them avoid managers, deal with annoying paperwork, overcome their fear of sports, and chase down donuts, coffee and techie toys!
NerdHerder is an exciting new kind of motion-controlled table-top augmented reality puzzle game.
- Print out the game board from http://micronerd.net/print to get started.
- Point your phone at the gameboard and see a different office environment for each level of the game, right there in the world!
- Play the game using a virtual fishing rod attached to your phone, that you can use to pick up and dangle objects in front of the nerds to push or pull them through the office.
- Exercise your planning and action skills to herd the nerds back to their cubicles!
Game Features
- Tabletop Augmented Reality game interface: The game levels appear to be in the world on the game board.
- Physical control: Interact by moving the phone around the board
- A combination of puzzle solving and physical skill
- 24 fun and challenging levels
- Built with Unity3D and Qualcomm's Vuforia Augmented Reality SDK
NerdHerder runs on the iPhone 4s, the iPad 2, and the new iPad. It will run, albeit slowly, on the iPhone4 (making it less playable on some of the more complex levels).
Nerdherder is an experimental game, created by students in the Augmented Reality Game Studio at Georgia Tech (made possible through the generous support of Qualcomm). This collaborative studio brings together students from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta campus) and the Berklee College of Music.
Nerdherder grew out of our research into augmented reality game experiences, during which we created many different game prototypes (visit http://argamestudio.org to see videos of the other prototypes)
Please visit our website (http://www.micronerd.net/feedback) to tell us what you loved or hated about the game! As part of our research, we would also like to collect more detailed gameplay data. Inside the game, you will be given the option of sending us completely anonymous game play data. If you are willing, we'd also be delighted if you would fill out a survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/nerdherder
We hope you enjoy the game!
Known Bugs:
- menu text too small on New iPad
- slow on iPhone4 (unfortunately we cannot exclude iPhone4 from the store without excluding other devices)
Reviews
Great app
NERDHERDER LOVA
THIS GAME IS HILARIOUS GET IT NOW E WHILE ITS FREE BECAUSE ITLL BE SO GOOD THEY'LL MAKE IT COST MUNNY
What is it?
Cornburglar
It's sure not a game. Please do something with this.... Like use it as an example of what not to do when creating a game. Horrible.
Oh my goodness like WHY!
Bridix
OK I downloaded the app printed out the game board and I was so excited because this game looks so cool and when I open it I selected Week 1 and it just ends and ... Please fix this bug I'm not giving this app 5 stars for nothing ... I think it's the BEST AR APP EVER ! Even though I didnt get to play it ?
The game board works on a laptop screen
HelloWorld0101
I played this game last weekend with a few friends in a bar. We did not have a printer. So one of us downloaded the game board on a laptop, and it WORKED! I bet you can use an iPad or something to show the board too. Anyways, we played the game and it was HILARIOUS! The nerds ran around on the game board, and they sure liked that donut! Too bad that they can't eat it. The levels got harder pretty fast. But I like solving puzzles.
Okay
Rag doll rape
I like the point but I hate the fact that you have to have a game board to play.. That means I have to carry around a game board to play I can't play at school or at work.. So I don't it's worth it
Very engaging AR game!
bradido
I have played a number of AR games and this is the first one where I truly got lost in the engaging gameplay and forgot I was playing an AR game. The art and sound has tremendous charm.
