Treasure - Virtual Geocaching app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 5594 ratings )

Navigation Games Role Playing Strategy
Developer: Varietas Software, LLC

Free

Current version: 1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Jun 2010
App size: 7.03 Mb

The world of geocaching has never been so accessible or so competitive! In Treasure, players compete to see who can build the biggest stash of gold. But be careful! Gold held in your treasure chest doesnt gain value, and once youve placed your gold out in the world, other players will be sure to notice...

Treasure is a massively multiplayer social networking-enabled virtual geocaching game. When you join the game, you are setup with 500 gold in a safe treasure chest and one robot minion to help collect loot. From then on, how you gain gold is up to you.

* Go out into the world and stash your gold - Buried loot gains approximately 10% every day it stays buried. But be careful... other players can scan and steal your gold, so guard it well.

* Go out into the world and find buried gold - Every day you get five free basic scans to find buried treasure near you. Purchase more basic scans in the General Store... or purchase Premium scans to see all the treasure within twenty miles of you. *** NOTE*** You MUST be within 400 meters of your target stash to be able to dig up gold.

* Send minions out to haul back gold - You start with one robot minion. Minions arent smart, so if they encounter trapped gold, theyll just set off the trap and head home, but if they find un-trapped gold, theyll bring it back to you. Lots of gold, no travel!

To keep your gold safe, you can set traps on your stashes. The one-time-use traps are available for purchase with gold. Persistent traps come back to you after being set off and must be purchased at the General Store.

* Sphinx Guardian - Asks a random trivia question of would-be thieves. If the question is answered correctly, the thief gets away with your gold. But if the question is answered incorrectly, the Sphinx protects your stash for at least twenty four hours.

* Shock Plates - Immediately shocks would-be thieves and protects your stash for at least twenty four hours.

* More coming soon!

-- BASIC FEATURE LIST --

* Interactive geocaching game using your iPhone/iPad location services.

* Integration with Twitter, so you can let your friends know what youre up to.

* Integration with OpenFeint for world leaderboards and achievements.

* Become a master thief!! Set off 100 traps and youll be able to see what trap is on the stash BEFORE you pick it up or send a minion out for it.

* Random Gold - Unowned gold is present EVERYWHERE in the world. All you have to do is go out and find it!

* Special Objects - The game will periodically drop special objects at highly traveled locations in the world (well-known tourist spots). Find and pick these items up for OpenFeint achievements and bragging rights!

**** Think I can do better or have an idea to improve the game? EMAIL ME! Ill happily entertain all ideas! ****

Pros and cons of Treasure - Virtual Geocaching app for iPhone and iPad

Treasure - Virtual Geocaching app good for

This game offers a new twist on integrating social networks and virtual geocaching thats unique, fun and easy. Looking for a reason to get out and explore your neighborhood? Aspire to new levels of theivery? Looking to make your mark but cant afford a can of spay paint? Treasure can help you out! I rarely review apps, but theres so much fun to be had with this one, I couldnt resist. The best part is that you dont even need a shovel!

Its a solid little system, but theres no one in my area to play with yet. Luckily, that means I have no thieves, and the system seems to have a random drop generator for those of us in the boonies waiting for the world to catch-up to us. :)

The game is sort of like virtual geocaching. Its an interesting concept and the client is pretty solid. I spoke with the dev briefly and he seemed genuinely interested in my feedback and that is always a good thing. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because I feel like the game needs a liitle more so to speak. The items are a little sparse but at this point that seems to help the game rather than hinder it. However, as the number of players grows, Id like to see more. More robots, more traps, different scan types and more importantly, different types of valuables (maybe even with a museum to view them). Overall impression: Solid game. Ill see you online.

Never taken the time for a review, but this one is worth it! Cant wait to see it get more recognition!

No one in my area to play with. But seems like fun. I will try to plant some gold and see what happens.

********************************* Okay, so the other day my eldest son had a particularly bad day, and I wanted to try and cheer him up a bit. So I started up this app and gave him a brief overview of how to use the scans and map. We hopped in the car and headed out to seek treasure! I let him take complete corneal of navigation and simply drove, turning where he indicated (as allowed by traffic laws), and stopping when he said so. We burned up an entire afternoon and by the time it was over, he was positively glowing. It was a great father/son day that empowered him to use teh technology, learn some of the local streets, and pick up a few traffic laws as well. :) We got to spend an afternoon together, chat it up, and have a blast at the same time. All because of this wonderful little, free application. Kudos, and my thanks, to Josh an his receptiveness to feedback, and drive to create truly unique, and useful applications. My boy and I are closer, and we have more gold coins to invest so that we can hopefully entice others to come after us and test out some of our defenses! High marks. Thanks for a great time, and a family bonding experience. :) ********************************* Taking geo-caching to the next level, this game makes the experience interactive, and competitive like never before. Or, you can play by yourself, if thats more your speed. I always wanted to try geo-caching, but didnt want to haul around bits of whatever people stash. This hits both those points and more. With true opportunity for character advancement and player interaction (player vs. Player even), Josh is onto something big here! He is also interested in ideas to improve/change the game, and responds quickly to feedback/suggestions. Highly recommended.

Some bad moments

This app has me stuck in the "connect to twitter" page! Havent even tried it but fix the glitch and maybe I will.

This is a fun game, but it has its little bugs and glitches. Right now my robot is walking 10 meters to a pile of coins. Its taking him 839 hours. Its been taking him 839 hours for a week. My gold is out there for anyone to find.

Too bad. No updates. Must not read the feedback. Could be alot of fun. Wake up.

Crashes constantly, used to be fun when it worked, seems like it has been abandoned by its makers!

I used to like playing this one, but as others have mentioned- theres work to be done on it but no support from the creator. Sad.

Terrible interface, poor graphics, and nothing to do. Bury some treasure, only there is nothing else around here and nobody playing.

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