Play a crowdsourced Pokémon Redthrough this Twitter account
In 2014, a Twitch user turned a game of Pokemon Red into a co-op experience with thousands of players. TwitchPlaysPokemon used crowdsourced commands to move through the game's world, culminating in the defeat of the Elite Four and capture of all 151 of the original series pokemon. Gameloft 3D programmer Constantin Lietard is attempting a similar feat, this time through Twitter.
Lietard's version plays out through his avatar - the image updates with the game's progress as players battle and travel through Pokemon Red's world. To play, users tweet commands - up, down, start, select, and so on - on an ongoing thread. Comments are pulled every 15 seconds, Lietard tweeted, with the most commented directive then being entered into the game....