Ingress is a game for Android that mixes characteristics of MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online), RPG and interaction with the environment through augmented reality. Check out our tips to start and play this game differently.
Ingress is a mixture of augmented reality MMORPG (Reuters) Prerequisites
prerequisites to play Ingress are:
– Owning an Android device
– Internet connection, camera and GPS (for interaction with the environment and with other players)
– Intermediate knowledge of English to understand the mission objectives and integration with the game
– Much willingness to go around interacting with elements of the real world and thousands of people who are part of this universe
Download and installation
Download the game to your smartphone before anything else. You must have an activation code to start the game. To get this code, you should access the official website of the game and, by clicking on the REQUEST AN INVITE, you will be redirected to your e-mail from gmail. Access your account and, on the next screen, click the Allow (enable), to release the application access. Then you will receive a message (picture below), indicating that the activation code will be sent to your email as soon as possible.
Request activation code Ingress on the official app (Reuters)
Once your application is approved, you will receive an e-mail, similar to the picture below, containing the activation code (highlighted in red) that should be used to enter the game. When entering the code and start the game, you will be driven by a brief tutorial in English that will give you some initial coordinates and set goals.
Register game Ingress (Reuters)
The plot of the game
The game’s story has a mysterious power, invisible to the naked eye and without confirmation of its origin and purpose, was discovered by European scientists. This energy is full of mysteries, which must be discovered by players.
Some also suggest that the Niantic Labs Corporation, a state owned company that operates in the technology sector in the United States and around the world, holds secrets that have never been revealed. In the course of this story, the Niantic control this energy, called Exotic Matter (XM) that could be influencing how the inhabitants of planet Earth think. Secret files show that the company could be controlling this energy with the use of an artificial intelligence adapted to smartphones.
Energy XM is everywhere in the universe of Ingress (Reuters)
Based on this mysterious energy, players can choose the side of the Enlightened (The Enlightened), seeking to accept the energy and use it in the best way possible, or the side of The Resistance (Resistance), struggling to defend and protect what is left of our humanity the influence of XM.
Objectives and missions
The main objective is to ally with the forces (Enlightened or The Resistance) and go around collecting this energy and completing missions, which include acquisitions of objects and technologies that will assist him in conquering territories. Often the player must physically go to a certain point in the city in order to fulfill a mission. To facilitate the work, can operate as a team, joining forces with other players in the cause of the Illuminati or the Resistance.
Ingress have interaction through augmented reality (Reuters)
Some elements of the game
– Portals
portals must be captured to generate points and items for your team, whose members gain experience to evolve in the game. Each color portal defines a different state.
| Color | Status |
|---|---|
| Grey | Portal has just been approved by Google (Niantic) via photo sent by a Beta Tester. Or you downloaded portal (XM) with time. |
| Green | Portal ash that was conquered by the Illuminati (Enlightenment). Besides earning elements, you earn points (AP) to evolve level. The portals are loaded with energy (XM), through its resonators. |
| Blue | Portal ash that was conquered by endurance. You should always hacking to get elements (Key, Attack Shield Resonator or media). |
– Portal Key (keys portals)
keys allow you to create a link to another portal. However, only the key of the two portals, you can create links between them. They also allow you recerregue resonators (Ressonators) remotely, provided you have enough energy XM. You need to hack a portal several times to get your key.
– Portal Shield (shield)
Field
protection portal, also called shield. Helps protect the portal from enemy attacks. Creates a dome around the portal that is loading intermittently. Can be of types: very rare (very rare), rare (rare) and common (shared). Are obtained through the option “hacking” the portals.
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– Ressonator
Eight resonators comprise a portal and must be installed via the upgrade function (the gray portal has resonators). You can install primarily resonators at any level, obeying the rule levels. Once installed the resonators, if felt necessary, you can increase the level of them through the upgrade option. For this you must have resonators with you, obtained by “hacking” in other portals.
– XMP Burster
are weapons of attack power the portals. It is recommended that you position the center of the portal to reach the attack all resonators simultaneously. The attacks are ranked levels 1-8, 8 being the strongest. See the “OPS” (Operations) and see how many attacks you have available and their respective levels.
overview map of the game
Map Ingress (Reuters)
1 – Action Points (AP) and Level: The middle number is your current level. Your AP is shown around your level. When you gain AP, the outline will be filled. Tap the outline to see your action points.
2 – Exotic Matter (XM) meter: XM allows you to take actions on ingress (eg, cut a portal or create a link). Walk in the open to gather XM.
3 – OPS menu: Tap OPS to access your inventory, training missions and other settings.
4 – Portal: A building that provides XM items when cut. 3 Link Portals to form a control field.
5 – Agent position and action range: Your position is indicated by an arrow blue or green. The circle around you is its range, which indicates the area where you can take action (eg, a portal should be in their range so you can interact with it).
6 – COMM: Communicate with other agents of his faction to play tab COMM.
Some Useful Tips
– Portals are found most facilities in the following locations: statues, unique architectures, outdoor murals, historic buildings, special buildings or businesses (matrix).
– You can capture Portals Resonators deploying them. Amplify and tune the resonators XM naturally present in the portal site, so that it is power amplified. When approaching a Portal, click on it and choose DEPLOY to deploy a resonator.
– Portals upper level will produce top-level objects (Resonators, XMPs, Shields) when hacked and can also be linked to other portals further afield.
– To hack a portal items and get closer to him and select the option HACK.
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