Distances from the player to in-game locations are displayed in metric units. Visible on the map are portals, Exotic Matter, links, and control fields. These geographical features are supplied by OpenStreetMap and formerly Google Maps. The map has a black background and is completely unmarked, except for buildings and roads which are outlined in grey but not labeled, and bodies of water. Portals, links, control fields (colored spaces) and a special overlay Google Maps layerĪ player using their mobile device (or 'scanner') is presented with a map representing the surrounding area. Play environment Īn example of the Intel Map. The gameplay of Ingress has been described as combining elements of geocaching with capture the flag. Both teams have naturally tended to balance each other out in population. These two factions are the opposing 'sides' or 'teams' in the game: the Resistance is represented in the game by the color blue and the Enlightened by green. The Resistance faction see XM as a potential threat to humanity and believe their mission is to defend the human race by resisting the effects of those seeking to control others with XM. The Enlightened faction embrace the powers of XM to transcend mankind and believe their mission is to assist in the enlightenment of mankind by harnessing this energy. Within the game, human reactions to this discovery fall into two factions known as the Enlightened and the Resistance. This substance has been associated with the Shapers, a mysterious phenomenon or alien race. Īn unknown, transdimensional force called Exotic Matter (XM) was discovered as a byproduct of the Higgs boson research ( Large Hadron Collider) by a team of scientists at CERN in Switzerland. The game uses the portals as elements of a science fiction backstory along with a continuous open narrative provided through various forms of media. The portals are physical points of interest where 'human creativity and ingenuity is expressed' often manifesting as public art such as statues and monuments, unique architecture, outdoor murals, historic buildings, local community hubs and other displays of human achievement. Ingress uses the mobile device GPS to locate and interact with 'portals' which are in proximity to the player's real-world location. The mobile app has been downloaded more than 20 million times worldwide as of November 2018. The game is free-to-play, uses a freemium business model, and supports in-app purchases for additional in-game items. The game first released on Decemfor Android devices and then for iOS devices on July 14, 2014.

Ingress (or Ingress Prime) is an augmented reality (AR) mobile game developed and published by Niantic for Android and iOS devices.

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