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International Journal of Computer Games Technology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 495437, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/495437
Research Article

Issues in the Development of Location-Based Games

João Tiago Pinheiro Neto Jacob and António Fernando Coelho

Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto—DEI/INESC, Porto 4200-465, Portugal

Received 30 September 2010; Accepted 25 January 2011

Academic Editor: Narendra Chaudhari

Copyright © 2011 João Tiago Pinheiro Neto Jacob and António Fernando Coelho. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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