Snapchat's creepy AR game is exactly what Snapchat Plus needs to make you
want it

Date:
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:35:52 +0000

Description:
Snapchat's first AR adventure is pretty impressive and is exactly the sort of thing that would make Snapchat Plus worthwhile.

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Snapchats latest lens launches you into a ghost-filled mystery, and its exactly what the social media platform needs for its paid tier.

Titled Ghost Phone, this in-Snapchat game is the platforms first AR
adventure, expanding its Snap Minis feature beyond simpler meditation and study apps.

Like other hits in the found phone genre, Ghost Phone tasks you with unraveling the mysteries of a phone youve just found. By using its apps in particular the camera which will launch you into AR ghost hunts youll steadily unlock previously hidden texts, photos, and videos that provide
clues about what happened to the devices previous owner.

Weve tried the game out and based on our first impressions well definitely be playing more. While found phone games arent to everyones liking, the AR elements offer a unique level of immersion helping to sell the illusion that there really is a ghost hanging over your shoulder.

If you want to try Ghost Phone for yourself, it's super easy. Obviously,
youll need Snapchat installed and youll need to be signed in. Next, youll
want to head to the Lens menu; just tap the camera icon at the bottom of the main screen, then the smiley face thatll appear on the right of the record button.

Once in the Lens Menu, you can use the Explore icon in the bottom right
corner to find a much wider range of lenses. Finally, use the search bar at the top to look for Ghost Phone and you should see the lens made by the official Snapchat account. Analysis: Could games save Snapchat Plus?

Ghost Phone is free, and its certainly a good thing that Snap isnt locking
all of its apps best features behind a paywall but if AR games came to Snapchat Plus we wouldnt be disappointed.

Plus subscribers get access to a suite of early features and tools that arent accessible to free members. So far, though, weve been pretty disappointed
with Snap Plus. Its update to Snap Maps terrified our Software expert Daryl Baxter (causing him to leave the service) and Snapchat Web is currently just
a disappointing Discord .

But if Snap announced that inventive new AR games were coming to the service, wed probably resubscribe to try them out.

Snaps Ghost Phone has shown us that its team has a knack for using AR in exciting ways. Snapchats paid tier would likely bring even more resources to cool (or creepy) AR game development, bringing paying customers even more impressive apps and new genres.

Well have to wait and see if Snapchat expands its AR gaming efforts at all but whether its next title is another freebie or a paywall-locked game, well definitely be giving it a whirl.



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