Editing Mobile game (section)

==Location-based mobile games==
Games played on a mobile device using localization technology like [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] are called [[location-based game]]s or [[location-based mobile game]]s.<ref name="spacetimeplay">{{Citation
 | editor1-last= von Borries | editor1-first= Friedrich
 | editor2-last= Walz | editor2-first= Steffen P.
 | editor3-last= Böttger | editor3-first= Matthias
 | title = Space Time Play
 | place = Basel, Boston, Berlin
 | publisher = Birkhäuser Verlag AG
 | year = 2007
 | url = http://spacetimeplay.org
 | isbn = 978-3-7643-8414-2}}</ref> These are not only played on mobile hardware but also integrate the player's position into the game concept. In other words, while it does not matter for a normal mobile game where exactly the player is (play them anywhere at any time), the player's [[Coordinates|coordinate]] and movement are the main elements in a location-based mobile game.

A well known example is the outdoor recreational activity of [[geocaching]], which can be played on any mobile device with integrated or external GPS receiver.<ref name="spacetimeplay"/> External GPS receivers are usually connected via [[Bluetooth]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=GPS Hardware|url=https://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/geopad/GPS_hardware.html|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Teaching with GeoPads|language=en}}</ref>

Several other location-based mobile games, such as the 2001 game ''[[BotFighters]]'', were closer to research [[Prototype|prototypes]] rather than being commercial successes.

Location-based mobile games sometimes have [[augmented reality]] functionality, such as in the case of the 2016 game ''[[Pokémon Go]]''. Usually in these cases the augmented reality functionality is not at the center of the experience.