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Nashville’s tech community spawns gpsAssassin mobile game
For the over 50 beta testers and numerous contributors to the game, killing neighbors cultivated a community which fed the game’s development. Nashville’s growing technology scene may indicate a shift in the readiness of Nashville to be known not only for its music and healthcare industries, but also for technology, according to co-founder Nicholas Holland. “Many feel we haven’t had a major success - something that is so innovative and/or cool that [it] garners world-wide attention,” Holland said in an email. Co-founder Nicholas Holland grabs lunch at Nashville Startup Weekend Last October Holland presented the idea of gpsAssassin at Nashville’s first Startup Weekend. In less than a year, and after co-founders Holland and Miller put in an estimated 500 hours each, the project went live. Co-founder and lead developer Jackson Miller discusses new iphone Players can create custom weapons, so they can kill their friends in as many morbid or cute ways they can imagine. Holland and Miller formed Side Hobby LLC to launch gpsAssassin. Buy it now to support the launch party, according to an online message from Holland, who mentions a free version will eventually be available. More Online
Kill your neighbor.
That’s the motto of gpsAssassin, the iPhone application which became available on iTunes yesterday.
Players scan for targets and launch mafia-style attacks on nearby friends.
“What has been great is the huge community support that we have received,” developer and co-founder Jackson Miller said in an email.
Nashville companies including Griffin Technology, Sitening and Firefly Logic have released iphone applications, but not necessarily with the same degree of community input.
“We’re hoping that gpsAssassins can solve that problem due to its Startup Weekend roots and the innovative combination of GPS gameplay with social interaction.”
last October, where he pitched the idea for new iphone game, gpsAssassin.
Startup Weekends are gatherings of community members which work to launch various companies in a weekend.
“We thought this would be much simpler when we started,” Miller said.
“We have had a really incredible group of beta testers working with us for several months. They deserve a lot of credit for the high quality of the gameplay and mechanics,” Miller said.
game, gpsAssassin, at Nashville Startup Weekend last October.
Health, armor and money are tracked during gameplay.
“I can easily say that gpsAssassins wouldn’t be half as fun (or feature rich) if it wasn’t for the excellent feedback of the local players,” Holland said.
The game is currently $4.99 and available from the iTunes store for the iPhone. Planning has begun to support other mobile devices.
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