For example, the url-to-smartphone method could be used at half-time during sporting events or for tourists visiting landmarks with large screens such as Times Square. Groman, in charge of business development and interaction design for BigPlay, says the group has big plans for its gaming model. Bigplay should hear back from Guinness about whether Splat officially made it into the record books in about six weeks, but considering it was the only group attempting the record, its chances are high. The number turned out to be 113, which, if confirmed by Guinness, would be a world record for the largest ever multi-player video game on a single screen. The showcase on 1 March took place at the InterActiveCorp headquarters in New York, where more than 100 people plugged a single url into their smart phones to play together on a 122ft screen.Īt the end of the game, which took about five minutes, the participants'ĭata was processed by BigPlay's server to asses how many gamers were playing at the same time. Its website reads: "With permanently connected devices in our pockets, BigPlay can turn every screen into a rich social playground for live audiences."Īccording to BigPlay, Splat is the first mobile game that uses a url instead of an app to connect a group of users all to the same screen. Splat's developers started the company BigPlay with the objective of bringing huge crowds of people together to participate in interactive games on video walls and digital billboards. The game is silly, but simple, and its designers may have uncovered a new format for mobile gaming that's both socially inclusive and commercially viable. Users play as birds perched on a power line, and the objective is to defecate on as many passing cars on the road below.
Splat, designed by Phil Groman, Federico Zannier and Danne Woo of New York University's interactive telecommunications program, was the subject of a world record attempt on Friday, and the group is confident of success.
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