There’s the standard social networking video game tropes (login with Facebook, Twitter, share scores, compete against friends, etc) to keep you busy while you catch your breath. AI opponents seem to get progressively harder, and they keep coming, but a good sprinter with some decent sense of direction can win until he or she gets too tired. Make a few hairpin turns and you’ll be ‘derezzing’ baddies in no time. When a virtual opponent gets too close you can literally outrun them.
Here’s how you’re supposed to play LiveCycle: you go to some big open outdoor space, you fire up the app, and you start walking around. This game is really addictive…and a little dangerous. Check out Coke’s demo for the app in the video below, and don’t miss the latest TRON: Legacy trailer and movie clip at the end of the post. GPS and compass sensors let you run around a park or field in order to evade and destroy your AI opponents inside the smart phone. The cool twist on the game is that you don’t control your light cycle by pressing buttons, you drive it by walking. On your screen is the standard virtual bike leaving behind a wall of light that you try to get opponents to crash into while dodging the walls they leave for you.
The free app, LiveCycle, is a strange mixture of reality and virtual gaming. I had a chance to play a beta version a few days before its recent release on iPhone and Android. Coke Zero has teamed up with the upcoming TRON: Legacy movie and created a fun new smart phone app that puts you in command of your own light cycle. I’ve crashed my motorcycle dozens of times in the past few days. Walk in the real world, drive a light cycle in the virtual world.
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