MapCrunch: New Game Sweeping Tumblr

A new deceptively simple game, trying to find the way to the airport, from a random position anywhere in the world, using Google Street View has been sweeping the web today, proving that there's no need to move from the comfort of your home to see parts of the world you never knew were there.

It is well noted that most users, once presented with Google Street view can only think of using it's impressive capabilities to find their house/street/well known area. MapCrunch solves this by placing the user in a random area of Google street view and allowing them to explore the world from the comfort of their home.

A game originating on tumblr takes this a step further, in a post which at last check holds over 40,000 notes suggests playing a game:

"To play this game, go to MapCrunch, select “hide location”, make sure you have all countries unselected, and click go. What this will do is drop you in a random part of the world. It’s as if you woke up on the side of a road in an unfamiliar country. The goal of the game is to find your way to an airport so you can return home.

Bonus Hard Mode: No using outside sources, and that includes using google maps to figure out your location from signs or landmarks"

MapCrunch has as a result been surging all day, leading to sever overloads as the sites traffic increased from its normal 2,000 visitors a day to around 70,000 about 9 hours ago.

Try it yourself at MapCrunch