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Life of George turns Lego building into an iOS game
Have you ever wanted some form of evaluation for your Lego model-building expertise? Other than, of course, your overbearing mother patting you on your head, telling you that you're her "most special little construction worker?" The Lego Group has come up with a clever way for you to receive the positive reinforcement you crave: By playing Life of George, an iOS title which tasks you with recreating objects with Lego bricks, judging you on your speed and accuracy. It does so using a $30 kit that you can purchase from the Lego store starting October 1, which includes all the requisite bricks and a "green screen-like" building mat. Players can build co-operatively to recreate 120 different models, or build their own models that will then be playable once they're scanned into the game. Check out more details in the press release posted after the jump, you most special little construction worker, you.
Life of George melds Lego bricks with iOS for 'digital-to-physical' gameplay, captures our hearts
There isn't much that can't be done with some Mindstorming and plenty of Legos, so color us intrigued by the Lego Group's new game, Life of George. Using a free EyeCue-enabled iOS app, players are tasked with recreating George's photographs using 144 included Lego bricks on a specialized "green screen-like" gaming mat. Once the model is complete, you'll take a photo with your iDevice to be scored based on your building speed and accuracy to the original picture. The $30 kit promises 12 levels featuring 10 photos each, and varying difficulty levels. For added replay value, there's a two player game and a creation mode which lets you create playable models out of your own snapshots. To sweeten this story even more, you'll also be able to keep up with George at his eponymously titled Facebook page, I am George. If the Lego-builder inside of you is itching to snag one, it'll be available from Lego on October 1st. In the meantime, you'll find more details in the PR after the break.
