Monday, May 4, 2009

Ghost Trappers

apps.facebook.com/ghost-trappers/

Welcome to Scotland! In Ghost Trappers you are a secret agent of S.C.O.T.C.H. (Secret Corporation of Trapping Castle Hauntings). It is your task to make the world aware of the fact that ghosts truly do exist. In your journey to becoming a legendary hunter you will travel all different places in Scotland where ghosts have been sighted. Your job is to place traps and bait ghosts with the only mundane thing they are interested in: whisky. Once a ghost has been trapped you can take a snap-shot of it and collect it in your photo album which one day will be revealed to the world.

Ghost Trappers is a passive game, meaning you can come back and check your trap at given intervals. You don't have to spend time in the application itself, but must keep logged onto facebook. You lay out a strategy to catch the most prestigious ghosts and benefit from that plan later. Ghost Trappers was created by Diviad. The game will be improved and expanded, as new features will be added.

There are many ghosts out there. Some are common and easy to catch, some are extremely rare and almost impossible to catch. Some ghosts can only be found at special locations. Part of the game is to find out where you can catch which ghost. During midnight hour hunting you can catch alternate versions of some ghosts along with some ghosts that only haunt the places during midnight hour. Prize ghosts are the rarest ghosts in the game. Successfully trapping them means that you will win a cash prize and receive some other items in real life.


There are four ways to hunt:

  • Every 15 minutes you can check your trap by clicking on "Let's hunt". The hunt will be started by you and you will take all your friends along who are in the same region, have whisky armed and have a free friend-hunting cool down. You will receive a maximum of 60 XP for bringing friends along.

  • Automatic trap system: Once every hour there will be an automatic trap check, regardless of any hunting cool down.

  • If one of your friends starts a hunt, you will join him or her if you are at the same hunting ground and if you haven't been taken along by a friend for a certain period of time.

  • Midnight hour hunting: Midnight hour lasts from 12am to 1am. You could try to catch ghosts 4 times during midnight hour and take pictures of alternate versions of some ghosts. Some special ghosts only haunt during midnight hour.

Your trap consists of two components: the mechanism, which is the gadget that is used for fixating ghosts, and the mystical circle, which empowers the mechanism. You can buy mechanisms and magic circles in the gear store, or you can trade them in for schematics and formulas. There are two major attributes:

  • Power: The strength of your trap. In order to trap a ghost your power must be higher than the scare factor. Be aware that there will be random effects when trying to catch a ghost.

  • Mystic power. Mystic power represents the chance to trap a ghost regardless of its scare factor. Some ghosts may only be caught with a high mystic power.
The components of the trap as well as the whisky can be changed in the setup menu.

Ghosts love whisky. It can be bought in the gear store or can be obtained from ghost loot. Some whisky brands attract rarer ghosts, some improve the power of your trap, others give you special bonuses. The fact that one whisky is more expensive than another one just means that it is different and has more exotic properties. It doesn't neccessarily have to be stronger. However, there is one exception: Nessy's Golden Reserve has a very high attraction rate, will never be stolen or be affected by the Angel's Share. "Nessy's" as we call it can only be acquired by donating, thus helping to improve the game and to add new exciting features. If you want to help then click on the "Donate" button.

Angels' Share is the term for the amount of whisky which evaporates through the wood of the barrel - good whisky can be enjoyed by Men and Angels alike.

Scotland is divided into regions which in turn consist of 4 locations (also called 'hunting grounds'). Players need a certain rank to visit the locations. The game will start in the region called "Dumfries and Galloway". Players need to find tickets, which are dropped by ghosts, to unlock further regions and locations on the map. To travel to unlocked locations simply click on its picture and confirm travelling.



source:
http://apps.facebook.com/ghost-trappers/

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