What exactly is the augmented reality game supposed to be about?

Jul 29, 4:09 AM

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Jul 2014

I'm just a little confused by the setting because it seems like the entire augmented reality game is made up of nothing but "illegal" elements. There doesn't seem to be any actual game at all. The only "game" there seems to be trying to to things that are against the rules of the game while avoiding getting caught. I can't even imagine a real life game like this. Like an mmorpg that everyone plays, yet there is nothing to do other than abuse bugs to do... to do what? There is no goal, no point system, no experience points, no skills or abilities other than "illegal" ones, no enemies other than the enforcers of the rules. And then if you lose the game, your PC explodes, and in this case your PC is your glasses, so you might go blind!? I don't really get the setting.

Jul 30, 7:45 PM

tothebirds

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Jun 2017

As far as I remember, the augmented reality is more of a utility device originally designed to help patients in medical settings (trauma and comas, iirc), but got co-opted into everyday practical use. The "game" part is really just people exploiting the bugs present in the system, not actually a real game. It's been a bit since I watched this though, so I could be misremembering some details

Oct 25, 9:31 AM

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The AR system isn’t meant to be a structured game like an MMORPG. It’s a city-wide AR network built into everyone’s glasses that overlays digital information and creatures (like metabugs, illegals, and pets) onto the real world.

The kids’ “gameplay” mostly comes from exploring and exploiting that decaying system—hunting bugs, finding illegal spaces, and bending the rules. It’s more like urban exploration mixed with hacking, not a formal game. There is no defined goal, scoring, or progression. The “game” is just how the kids interact with a half-abandoned AR infrastructure that was once a commercial or social network but has since turned into a kind of digital wilderness.

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