Open Laser Tag (working title)

Project goals

To make a fully open source soft/hardware lasertag system, and to have a set of usable gear

Back ground

I've always loved laser quest and quazar growing up, and now I have some of the skills, and the vast resources of the space at my disposal I think its time to turn my childhood dream into a reality!

I was lucky enough to play at "Harrys Quazar" in Bristol (and occasionally laser quest), it was the testing ground for the new features of the Q-2000 system. With more than just point and shoot. Powerups were included in the basic games, including "Rapid fire", "Armour peirosing bullets", "smart bombs", "grenades" and many more. And to play new experimental modes of play, "midnight" (all lights on packs off), "Spy" (where one member of each team would become a spy and have to kill their own), "Eliminator" (5 lives and your out) among many more.

I want to make gear that is easy as writing an xml file and uploading it to the packs to totally change the game play, to make adding a gps module, or heads up display just an api away from being part of the fun.

Whats out there?

Q-ZAR

MilesTag offers a protocol to use, but is quite limiting. Such as, you can add ammo clips from a ammo crate, but their is no feed back to let the crate know, and remove a clip from its inventory.

Because of this and other limitations MilesTag will be used as the base, but will be extended far beond this, and will not aim to be backwards compatible.

How can I help?

Areas that need your help:

Do the recent replica guns laws cover laser tag systems (with scifi looking guns rather than ak45 look alikes) apply to this?
Creation or collection of creative commons sound effects

(more to come)

Resources

Spare parts for the Q2000 system
SamLR has ordered some cheap (approx 7 quid) bluetooth->serial adaptors
TomW has 2xG1 Phones and an older Tmobile android phone for the guns

Random brain dump from MakerFaire

GUNS

grenade launcher - nerf stylee BT proximity aliens prox sensor jamming and whatnot

--- LOCATION STUFF

shootable locks like the backspace door

Room identification for non-gps based games

UK sized meta-game similar to boneyards?

FIRE IN THE ROOM

Assassin gamemode

change physical clips for reloading

KIT

IR Grenades MINES tripwires sentry gun medkits

---PLAYER modding

Infection Dogtags quad damage

team-fortress type classes

dynamic alliances

statistics

achievements

Project:Open Laser Tag

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