Foursquare at Game Hack Day

http://foursquare.com

http://developer.foursquare.com

Foursquare is a location-based mobile platform that makes cities easier to use and more interesting to explore. The foursquare’s API gives you access to all of the data used by the foursquare mobile applications, and, in some cases, even more!

Contact Info

• Developer forum - http://groups.google.com/group/foursquare-api
• API team - api at foursquare dot com
• Akshay Patil - ak at foursquare dot com / @akdotcom / @foursquareapi
• Jorge Ortiz - @jorgeortiz85

Inspiration / Examples

• Foursquare App Gallery - Even has a “Games” tab!
• Treasure Square - A treasure adventure game layered on top of the real world
• Kingpin - Mafia-style “Take over your neighborhood” game
• TapCity - Multi-player Sim City meets foursquare
• Please Stay Calm - Battle zombies who’ve infested the world around you (video preview)

Push API access!

Find Akshay/Jorge or e-mail api at foursquare dot com to use our Push API (beta)

Prize

A bag of awesome foursquare swag