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Planet Pass

Close it to pass it on: the cover calls whose turn it is. Open it and you're standing on a real street somewhere on Earth.

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Fact sheet

NamePlanet Pass
App Store namePlanet Pass Geo
DeveloperShowboat Studios (Justin McCahill)
PriceFree
PlatformsiPhone, iOS 27 or later. Made for iPhone Duo; plays on every iPhone.
iPhone Duo features
  • Close it to pass it: The cover tells the next player "your turn, nobody peek", and nobody sees the last place.
  • Open it to play: Street level fills the inner screen and a spinning globe waits beside it to pin your guess.
CategoryGames
Version1.7
Release statusComing soon: in App Review
App Storeapps.apple.com/app/id6827299320 (live once Apple approves the app)
Support / privacySupport · Privacy policy
Press contactshowboatcontact@gmail.com

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Screenshots are real captures from an iPhone Duo. "Inner" is the big folding screen, "cover" the outside screen.

Descriptions

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Made for iPhone Duo: close to pass, open to play. The cover calls whose turn it is, then a real street fills the screen beside a spinning globe. Plays on any iPhone too.

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Made for iPhone Duo: close the phone to pass it on, and the cover screen calls out whose turn it is. Open it, and you're standing on a real street somewhere on Earth, with a spinning globe beside you to pin your guess. Plays on every iPhone too. Planet Pass is a pass-the-phone geography party game for 1 to 8 players.

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Made for iPhone Duo: close the phone to pass it on, and the cover screen calls out whose turn it is. Open it, and you're standing on a real street somewhere on Earth, with a spinning globe beside you to pin your guess. Plays on every iPhone too. Planet Pass is a pass-the-phone geography party game for 1 to 8 players. BUILT FOR THE FOLD - Pass it closed. The cover tells the next player "your turn, nobody peek", and nobody sees the last place. - Open the hinge to start your turn: street level fills the inner screen and the globe waits on the right. - Close it after your score and it's already on its way to the next player. - Waiting for the phone to come round? The cover runs Pin Sprint, a 45-second warm-up. On any other iPhone, Start turn and Pass buttons do the same job, and Pin Sprint is on the start screen. DROPPED SOMEWHERE ON EARTH Every turn opens at street level with Apple Look Around: a famous landmark, a downtown main street, a beach boardwalk, a busy intersection or a grand railway station. Tap the street to explore it full screen: drag to look around and walk down the road. Street names stay hidden, so the clues are the signs, the cars, the plants and the weather. Where there's no street-level coverage, you get a 3D satellite flyover that you steer by turning and tilting your phone. SPIN THE GLOBE, DROP THE PIN Spin the colourful 3D globe until the pin sits where you think you are, zoom in past the cities to a real map, and lock in. Your score is how many miles you were off. A pin in the right country takes 30% off, and locking in fast takes off up to 40% more. PASS THE PHONE Everyone gets their own mystery place and nothing repeats in a game, so there's no copying. After every round, see everyone's guesses on one globe. After five rounds, the fewest total miles wins. THREE DIFFICULTIES - Easy: pick from four cities, no clock. Great for learning the map together. - Medium: a labelled globe and 90 seconds. - Hard: no names on the globe, satellite maps up close, and 60 seconds. SIX PLACE SETS, OR ALL OF THEM - World Famous Landmarks: towers, temples and wonders - Big City Downtowns: the main streets of great cities - Natural Wonders: canyons, glaciers, waterfalls and volcanoes - Beaches: sand, surf and boardwalks - Intersections: famous crossings and corners - Train Stations: grand halls and clock towers Or choose Random and get any place from any set. Every place has been checked against a source. EIGHT EXPLORERS Pick an explorer for each player, name them, and watch the leaderboard. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Street-level views and maps need an internet connection.

Key features

  • Close it to pass itThe cover tells the next player "your turn, nobody peek", and nobody sees the last place.
  • Open it to playStreet level fills the inner screen and a spinning globe waits beside it to pin your guess.
  • Dropped somewhere on EarthLandmarks, downtowns, beaches, intersections and grand railway stations; street names stay hidden.
  • 1 to 8 playersEveryone gets their own mystery place; after five rounds the fewest total miles wins.
  • Three difficulties, six place setsFrom Easy (pick from four cities, no clock) to Hard (no names on the globe, 60 seconds).
  • Pin Sprint on the coverA 45-second warm-up while the phone comes round. Plays on every iPhone with Start turn and Pass buttons.

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