Receipts in Location-Based Narratives

     This week, I added a receipt to my journal, detailing everything I remember from the day I went to that store. I feel like it would be interesting to see what this could become in a location-based narrative. To start the narrative, perhaps users are given a certain receipt from a local store that can only be found in a certain city, such as Press Bistro in Johnstown. From there, the user would search around in Press Bistro until they found another receipt for another restaurant. Maybe there would be a receipt for Lambcakes on a bulletin board. Then the user would go to Lambcakes, and the game would continue in this fashion, with the player searching the new business for the next receipt. This would allow the user to explore the city and learn about its culture, while possibly bringing more business to small local businesses.
     This could function with smartphones as an application. As users find the receipts, they might take a picture of them in their locations. Once the receipt has been found, the app would check it off the player's list, and set a new checkpoint on a map at the next business to continue the narrative. Players could interact with one another as they get within reach of each other by joining in group searches for new receipts. Users could even add their own receipts or businesses to the game at will by adding the business's name, the name on the receipt, and where in the business the receipt could be found. I feel as though an app like this would have a positive impact on the community in much the same way as the short-lived Pokemon Go, by getting people out and enjoying a past time together when they otherwise would not be so inclined.