Winnipeg game developer hopes to cash in on Pokemon Go momentum

As thePokemonGo craze continues to explodearound the world, one Winnipeg game developer hopes to capitalize on its momentum.

Corey King launched his first-ever augmented reality (AR) game, Clandestine Anomaly, almost a year to the day before PokemonGo.

Instead of capturing Pokemoncharacters on your smartphone, the science-fictiongame places players at the centre of saving their city from aliens.

"I am a film student with a philosophy minor, but my wife and I decided to do what we love, we're artists and we would pursue this." King said. "Over the course of four years we developed it, all of the trials and tribulations."

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Winnipeg game developer hopes to cash in on Pokemon Go momentum

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Corey King launched his first-ever augmented reality (AR) game, Clandestine Anomaly, almost a year to the day before Pokemon Go.The game differs from Pokemon Go in that it's playedin a 2-square kilometrearea, to keep users from wandering into unknown or unsafe areas, King said. Once downloaded, the game can also be playedwithout WiFior data.

Roughly 25,000 players have downloaded King'sgame, but hesaid Pokemon Go is giving the concept of augmented reality games a huge boost.

"I just hope it doesn't become a flash in the pan like motion controls were," King said. "I have always had confidence AR was going to break through and PokemonGo shows us the potential is extremely high."

Clandestine Anomaly isalreadyconsideredone of the top ARgames to trywhen players tire of Pokemon.