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Homebrew DS game creates levels from nearby wifi points photo

The Nintendo DS homebrew title Metro-Wardive converts nearby wlan waves into game objects. The software reads the names of the hotspots and turns them into enemies which will try to take over your "wardive-cristal." You'll have to fend them off with your stylus.

What is pretty nifty about Metro-Wardive is that it captures different data each time you play and generates a new level, keeping things fresh. It is "an adaptive game with locative levels; it changes according to its real life location as much as to its virtual data world."

To play, you'll have to download the game from their Web site. You'll also need something like an R4 or a Supercard to boot it.

[Via Game|Life -- Thanks, JR]








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cjpkiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 11:17
cjpkiller
interesting...
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 11:23
Excel-2011
I tried this one program that according to the description would enable my DS Lite to packet-sniff nearby wireless connections but I couldn't even get my own network to show up.

Also does anyone remember Inner Space?
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 11:31
BluDesign
I'll have to give this one a whirl. Sounds interesting.
PraiseChaos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 11:41
PraiseChaos
That sounds like a good time. Bookmarking for later play.
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 11:46
Excel-2011
sniff_jazzbox on the same site is pretty neat too.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 12:01
king3vbo
Thats freaking awesome. I love Wardriving with my DS or laptop, and now its a game? WIN WIN WIN
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 12:02
Excel-2011
All that's needed now is a shmup whose enemies and and bullet patterns are generated from Wi-Fi data.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 12:09
Neonie
Sounds cool I'm definitly gonna try this.
cjpkiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 12:44
cjpkiller
it is rather sad how far behind the ds homebrew scene is...
psp hackers and crackers have been making their own games for quite some time now...
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 12:53
Excel-2011
That's no surprise. PSP homebrew doesn't require much external equipment outside from a few tricks to keep the firmware level down. Then again I don't own a PSP or know much about it but DS homebrew is more expensive I'm sure.
Bas's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 13:02
Bas
That's not a surprise. The DS has games, draining developers' time.
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 13:10
Excel-2011
I wish I had a PSP strictly for emulation.
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 13:31
velcroman
if...lets say my friend was browsing dirty websites or surfing 4chan, would I be shooting down STDs and cancer cells?
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:09
Cheeburga
Fuckin' nifty.
Aequitas's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 14:32
Aequitas
I'll give this a spin. I also just realized last night that there's a Nethack port for DS. My productivity at work is about to drop tremendously.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 15:49
Holyetheline
wow that is pretty sweet.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 16:30
Fading Star
Freaking awesome.
flaming burrito's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2007 18:56
flaming burrito
interesting concept... i might give it a try
Mizruko's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2007 06:20
Mizruko
A whole lota fun
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