Outdoor video games like Pokémon Go were great at first. But more than 8 years later, they haven’t evolved. Players get bored quickly and drop out. Most turn off the AR feature. 

That’s nothing like MMO games on PC and console, which are powerhouses of storytelling, community, and player interaction. Players stay for years and spend money.

Our founder, Johnny Monsarrat, was one of the original co-inventors of MMO gaming. He was Founder, CEO, and CTO of Turbine, one of the “big three” first MMO game companies. Turbine made “Game of the Year” Asheron’s Call and “Game of the Year” Lord of the Rings Online, and is now a division of Warner Bros.

MMOs and AR Walking Games… what if they got married and had a baby?

That’s what we do. We add merge MMO and walking games to make the world’s first outdoor roleplaying game!

See our videos!

It’s a completely new category of video game, never seen before, that is:

• Social. MMO style gameplay brings players together in quest parties and teams, building friendships and community.
• Creative. We go beyond “collecting stuff” gameplay to deep storytelling and roleplaying adventures. Immersive AR interactivity is central to gameplay. Future players will create their own adventures.
• Convenient. We have no fixed locations. You play anywhere you want to, in a local park, your own backyard, or any open space, even if it’s small or indoors.

While we’re working on a future full game, try our demo game with 12 missions!

Landing Party is available now on Apple App Store and Google Play..

 See our videos with press and player reactions with some calling it the “best game of the show” at GDC!

And in print:

• Forbes: “a remarkable outdoor roleplaying game“. We were the only startup to be featured by Forbes from Augmented World Expo, from 5,000 attendees.
• Forbes: “The best parts of AWE… a compelling demo of what it’s like to walk around a real park that has been converted into an alien planet.”
• Tom’s Guide: I just saw the future of mobile gaming.

In Pokémon Go, you have to walk to dozens or even hundreds of fixed locations, and each has only one creature. That’s inconvenient, and doesn’t support storytelling, which movie franchises require.

If you’re lonely, playing sports is a great way to make new friends. A little physical activity bond people together. But many feel shut out of sports. They find sports boring or exhausting.

Our outdoor roleplaying games are a more creative, less athletic alternative that also has some physical activity to help you make new friends. It also appeals to sporty people who are intrigued by video games but don’t want to sit in a chair for hours.

Most video games are a break from life, a stress break. Immersive games “feel real”, but your body knows the truth: you’re sitting statically in your mom’s basement, with all the lights off. VR is “fully immersive” but even worse: you put your head in a prison where you can’t even see your mom when she comes down with cookies.

Our games don’t separate you from life. They connect you to life.

You explore your neighborhood, engaging with trees, grass, squirrels, and feeling part of your community, seeing passersby and an AR game landscape on your phone. That’s a kind of “immersion” you could never get with other games. It doesn’t just “feel real”. It is real.

You could pet a stranger’s dog, buy your mom a gift, take photos of the sunset, or make a friend who could change your life. Your real life.

In the global crisis of loneliness, it’s hard for people to get off the couch. We turn to social media and video games when we want to feel connected. But we know today that online friendships aren’t enough. 71% of US Millenials, and 79% of Gen Z say they feel lonely.

Video games where you sit at home can be a good stress break, but you pause your life. You aren’t living your life. We spend so much time online that we’ve forgotten how to connect with others.

We can help. Our game gets you outside and walking! That’s great for physical and mental health. Walking changes your body chemistry; it literally makes you happy to walk around.

In the future, we can even help you make a new friend in the real world. Players who want to meet will get a safe daytime public park, and the game as an ice breaker.

That’s a good deed. Just imagine the people you could meet, with the game basically a team-building exercise that bonds you together, similar to playing sports but without the sweat.

For more on our vision, see our press kit or our videos.

Want to help? Apply to join the team.