Sketch detailing the design of the Parasite purse and game board.

Location based gaming

The Fibonacci Purse is a mobile game board networked to display the color values of the online game through the iPhone. Players can manipulate the colors of the purse by playing an online game with their web enabled device. Thus, it has three parts:

• The Purse The physical piece of hardware that is carried by the host
• The Online Game Board and Database where players interact with the purse and the values are stored
• The iPhone Application connecting the purse to the database and allowing the host to manipulate settings

As of last week, I placed the eyelets (for embedding the leds), sewed the bag, and successfully soldered 1/6th of the RGB LEDs. While the final final did not have a working demonstration (one of the wires came loose) I do have video of the leds working on the purse:

Online

The online component of the bag allows people to remotely interact with the bag through the online game ParaSite and the associated database. The game itself, like everything else, is still in the middle of development. You can see it’s current state on my site, however:

ParaSite

The iPhone application pulls the current game state values from the online database and sends the values, via bluetooth, to the bag to be displayed. The application may also be used to manipulate the game play and player’s abilities.

Currently, I have the interface and a SOAP request pulling the players names and health set up.

Screenshot of the web-based interface of the Parasite game.

Flow chart detailing the bag/board/player interaction mechanics of the purse, game, and individual users.

The board owner’s management console and settings synchronize on the iPhone.