Thursday, September 19, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. Business
  4. Pokemon GO: A beginners’ guide on downloading and playing the augmented reality game

Pokemon GO: A beginners’ guide on downloading and playing the augmented reality game

New Delhi: Pokemon Go, the location-based mobile game, has become a massive hit just within a week of its launch. This free gaming app is based on augmented and mixed-media reality. Pokemon Go is a

India TV Tech Desk Published on: July 13, 2016 13:08 IST
Pokemon go
Pokemon go

New Delhi: Pokemon Go, the location-based mobile game, has become a massive hit just within a week of its launch. This free gaming app is based on augmented and mixed-media reality.

Pokemon Go is a game where players are armed with smartphones hunting streets, parks, rivers, landmarks and other sites to capture monsters and gather supplies. The game uses smartphone satellite location, graphics and camera to bring cartoon monsters on real world settings. Players are challenged to capture and train the creatures for battles.

So if you are interested to try this new game, here are some basic steps:

How to download?

  • Go to the website ios.hipestore.mobi on your device, and just search for Pokemon GO.
  • After selecting download now, you need to select the 1.0 version under the “Non Jailbreak” sub head – and then press download. 
  • Press “Open in App Store” and press install when it flashes, and you are done!

How to star

  • Open the game and choose an avatar.
  • Click on the "PokeStop" icon pictured on the map, it will reveal photos of the real-world location you are standing in front of.
  • Spin image to obtain supplies such as balls for capturing monsters.
  • Then to go to the next level by visiting PokeStops and capturing Pokemon.

How to win?

  • Players need to capture and train monsters to battle for control of virtual "gyms" displayed on smartphone maps of real-world settings. You will only win by controlling gyms and collecting Pokemons.

How to catch Monsters?

  • Click on the game and keep walking. The smartphone map will appear with bursts of leaves or grass.
  • Go closer and when a Pokemon image appears on a screen tap it.
  • Click on the camera mode, hit on the target and capture Pokemon.

Advertisement

Read all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from Business

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement