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''Ingress'' is an augmented-reality massively-multiplayer online role-playing location-based game created by Niantic Labs. The game was first released exclusively for Android devices on December 15, 2013,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Niantic Labs ) Official website for the game.〕 and was made available for Apple's iOS on July 14, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iTunes official App shop )〕 The game has a complex science fiction back story with a continuous open narrative,〔 - An "in universe" web site by the in-game character Henry Richard Loeb aka P. A. Chapeau (a play on the French for "tin foil hat") - on hiatus as of October 1, 2013 - Continuation after October 1, 2013 by a second in-game character with two pseudonyms: first "X" and later "Verity Seke"〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 website= Niantic Project Wiki ) Unofficial player wiki〕 which however is not necessary for playing and enjoying the game. Ingress has also been considered to be a location-based exergame. The gameplay consists of capturing "portals" at places of cultural significance, such as public art, landmarks, monuments, etc., and linking them to create virtual triangular "control fields" over geographical areas. Progress in the game is measured by the number of "mind units" (MUs) captured via such control fields, i.e. people nominally controlled by each faction (as illustrated on the Intel Map).〔 〕 The necessary links between portals may range in length from meters to kilometers or hundreds of kilometers, created in operations of considerable logistical complexity.〔 History and description of a project by Australian and New Zealand players on the Enlightened team to cover those countries with game "fields".〕 International links and fields are not uncommon, as Ingress has attracted an enthusiastic following in cities worldwide amongst both young and old, to the extent that the gameplay is itself a lifestyle for some, including tattoos. Gameplay relies heavily on the player physically moving about the community in order to interact with portals. Playing in a vehicle is possible, but increases in speed disable some features of the game, both for safety reasons and in order to encourage physical activity. In addition to the main interactive map, called the Scanner, players also have access to a "COMM" tab that displays local and regional, even worldwide, live activity going on within the game, such as faction progress and activity, in-game communication, and alerts. Each player, or "Agent", also has a profile page that is viewable by any other agent using the mobile app. Profiles contain a wide variety of information, including the agent's name, current level and AP, earned badges, completed missions, and a long list of stats. Players can choose to withhold most of the statistical information from appearing on their page, instead leaving visible only their badges, AP and mission list. Also available on the profile page, if the agent so decides, is a link to their Google+ page. ==Setting== The game makers' framing device for the game is as follows: Alongside the discovery of the Higgs Boson by the physicists at CERN in 2012, it has also been discovered that the Earth has been seeded with "Exotic Matter," or XM. This substance has been associated with the ''Shapers'', a mysterious phenomenon or alien race which is neither described nor seen (and which thus functions as a MacGuffin). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ingress (video game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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