Sharkrunners

I LOVE sharks. I could make you sit through the 11 minutes of video of the shark feed and shark swim I was in, but, well, I'll spare you on this occasion. Jaws was my favourite movie of my tween years. Which brings me to area/code's new project (built in nine! weeks!), Sharkrunners.

Sharkrunners, designed for Discovery Channel's 20th Anniversary Shark Week, is a persistent game of oceanic exploration and high stakes shark research. Players take on the role of marine biologists who seek to learn as much as possible about sharks through advanced observation techniques.

In the game, players control their ships, but the sharks are controlled by real-world white sharks with GPS units attached to their fins. Real-world telemetry data provides the position and movement of actual great white sharks in the game, so every shark that players encounter corresponds to a real shark in the real world.

Ships move in real-time, so don't expect any high-speed chases or such; but if you're into shark tracking, or marine biology in general, this is a game for you.

Comments

[Cinabar]

Have you seen this - unexpected in Cornwall:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6920345.stm

[Dan Dixon]

Hey. Are you playing? I've just got hooked (and released back into the ocean with a tracking device).

My boat, the Fin McCool has an all girl crew of sexy, but tough nut, marine biologists. Heh heh.

[what do i need to download to make this work on my computer?]

When I try and play it just shows me the sharkrunner logo and no "login" option. Then if I do find something to click it goes white. . . what does thsi game run off of?