Belgians are hunting books, instead of Pokemon
Inspired by the success of Pokemon Go, a Belgian primary school headmaster has developed an online game for people to search for books instead of cartoon monsters, attracting tens of thousands of players in weeks, Reuters informs.
While with Pokemon Go, players use a mobile device's GPS and camera to track virtual creatures around town, Aveline Gregoire's version is played through a Facebook group called “Chasseurs de livres” (“Book hunters”).
Players post pictures and hints about where they have hidden a book and others go to hunt them down. Once someone has finished reading a book, they “release” it back into the wild.
Though it was only set up a few weeks ago, more than 40,000 people are already signed up to Gregoire's Facebook group.
According to the source, Gregoire is now contemplating taking the game a step further and creating an app for it.