iGame Radio

LoopyCube has announced Go Native!, a multiplayer game for the iPhone and iPod Touch that puts a new spin on the old Q&A party games of old. Join seven or eight folks to answer some questions and see how far you can make it through the islands to save Princes Mango. Just don’t take off your clothes!

Seriously, Go Native! puts a series of questions for you to answer on the screen (multiple choice or fill in the blank). The questions are pretty easy, but the real strategy is not in answering the questions the way you would, but in trying to figure out which answer will be picked by the majority you are playing with. It’s Survivor with a twist. Every question that you answer that is in the most popular category gets you moving forward. The ones who make it to Princess Mango first get something special…the rest get to go back to the beginning and try again.

In a quick preview of the game I found that it doesn’t take that long to wait to play…the waiting might take 30 seconds for enough people to be available for a game. The developer, LoopyCube, said that they spent some time coming up with questions, and wanted to limit the questions to no more than 2 to 3 per topic. They’ll continue adding new questions to the game after it is released to keep it fresh. They may even allow players to submit questions in the future as well.

If the game is having a hard time finding humans to join, it will grab a bot instead which act as players that have played the game. Loopycube has written a blog post regarding the development of the bot routine. The bots actually learn, in a way, from how real players are answering questions.

A fascinating game that I spent 15 minutes playing before I even realized it. The game is due out at the end of September, so watch for it.