By Maria Haase Coelho
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Inspired by the success of Pokémon Go, the director of a primary school in Belgium has developed an online game for which people seek books, not monsters, attracting tens of thousands of players in weeks.
As with Pokémon Go players use GPS and camera phone to track virtual creatures of the town, the Aveline Gregoire version is played by a Facebook group called “Chasseurs of free “(books Hunters).
Players publish photos and tips on where to hide books and others try to locate them. When you finish reading a book, the players return to the city.
“While organizing my library, I realized that was not enough room for all my books. Playing Pokemon Go with my children, I had the idea free books on nature, “said Gregoire Reuters.
Although it was created a few weeks ago, more than 40,000 people have joined the Gregoire group on Facebook.
The books range from children to thrillers Stephen King and are spread by cities and rural areas, often wrapped in plastic for protection from the rain.
Detournay family, the city of Baudour in southern Belgium, said the game became part of morning walks. They found a book and left four other people to find.
“My daughter said it’s like hunting for Easter eggs, but with books,” said Jessica Detournay.
When he returned home, the family received a notification on Facebook informing someone had already found two of the books placed.
Gregoire now think of the idea to come up with the game and create an application for it.
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