Turn Your Locations into a Map-based Interactive Game

Andrei at UMapper shared the latest innovation at the site, the ability to create trivia games. Basically, the visitor is given a clue (like Bulls) and is expected to quickly click on the associated location (in this case Chicago). He calls games GeoDart and shares this announcement.

Say hello to GeoDart, the first geogame powered by UMapper! GeoDart is a geography trivia game that invites users to answer geographical questions by placing answers (locations) on the map. Taking advantage of the UMapper platform you can build your own GeoDart game for any locale, with any questions and on any map! Check it out - here‘s a capitals game.

GeoDart rides on top of the UMapper framework for map creation and distribution. All GeoDart games can be embedded as flash widgets and tracked using the UMapper analytics engine. You can even convert your
existing maps into games!

The process of creating your own game is just like creating a standard map and consists of four simple steps. Watch this video to see how to create your own game in minutes.

1. Create a new map and give it a title and a description, then
select the GeoDart Game template as the primary map usage mode.
The title of your map should be the game title; instructions on
how to play the game can be included in the description field.

2. In the editor, select marker tool and ad locations. You can also
add geometrical shapes such as polygons and circles.

3. Open marker info window property and add title. The title will be
used as the name of your marker, the description as the trivia
question.

4. That is it! Save and preview your game

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