Adelaide Grand Theft Auto Game

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

A VIDEO game portraying the streets of Adelaide has drawn criticism from police, who say any representation of stations or officers could be breaking the law.But the young designer has said the game had been "misrepresented".

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/gaming/sa-police-criticise-video-game-p-platers-based-on-adelaide-but-designer-says-he-didnt-mean-to-offend/news-story/6d4bd89087bc81277341d6b09bb2a869

The game, called P Platers, is in the development stage. The open-world game give players to freedom to do what they want, which could include violence and is based on the hugely successful Grand Theft Auto series.

On Monday, Assistant Commissioner Paul Dickson criticised games that depict SA police.

"The nature of the police action is extremely disappointing as it undermines the exceptional work SAPOL maintains in protecting the community from harm in a highly professional manner using minimal violence — not as depicted in these modified games," Mr Dickson said.

Oh gee! Can you  imagine the missions?

You have a boong neighbour that provokes fights and causes trouble. You have to bash him because that is all the language he understands.

The cops come in aid of "good work to protect the community"....then he gets a slap on the wrist in court and set free because the court found you to be a "white supremacist", there is more heat on you with the cops in the game and there's more boongs to contend with in later levels because they weren't locked up,they breed more!

What's the next mission? You've moved your house away from the boongs , the Arabs next door don't like the look of you so they provoke you on your doorstep and start rumours and cook up trouble. The cops come and say " You don't think right","You don't wear the right clothes","You run a web site for White People and sell stuff like :-teddy bears and t-shirts". So the mission is to get the police on your side to get the Arabs and secondly your mission is to get the Ombudsman to challenge Paypal to get your money back.

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

http://www.thisisradelaide.com.au/rad-life/2017/3/23/grand-theft-adelaide-the-p-platers-a-videogame-about-adelaide-hooning

[Rev.Cambeul]

Oh gee! Can you  imagine the missions?

You beat me to it  Yes everybody, Brother Ian von Turpie has fictionalised my life as a game for all to play.

https://creativityalliance.com/storefront

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

Ok next mission , you walk down the road and you have to brandish a baseball bat in this day and age because there are some Sudanese gangs in your area, (yes some clever bloke knew they migrated with no education and even if they came here at 15 ,The education department put them in year 10 with the other educated 15 year olds and they couldn't handle it and failed only to join a gang).

The cops and Judge won't help you because they don't like your:-clothes, website, your teddy-bear and the way you think. So the only way to win the mission is to do things yourself!

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

https://www.broadsheet.com.au/adelaide/entertainment/adelaides-own-grand-theft-auto

"You get to see the interior of the Munno Para shopping centre while driving through on a motorbike," says Liam Keenan, developer of an open-world racing and adventure game set in Adelaide and its outer suburbs. "And Gawler, there's the main street, Big W, multi-storey carparks. It's weird – it's my town."

The P Platers world spans the northern suburbs of Gawler, Elizabeth and Munno Para to the southern hills of Blackwood. It features a faithful recreation of the Adelaide CBD (to scale) and condensed versions of North Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Glenelg, Semaphore and Hahndorf. When pushed for hints at specific locations in the game, Keenan says players can race past the Big Rocking Horse in Gumeracha, along with "a few other surprises". He's also recreated iconic locations such as the Adelaide Festival Centre and Elder Park Rotunda..

It's an ambitious project but Keenan has been "hacking at it bit by bit" since 2014. A combination of Google Maps, Street View and personal reference photos has helped to ensure a level of accuracy – with some differences. Keenan, a full-time architecture student, describes The P Platers as "the perfect essence" of South Australia. He has reclaimed "classic" old buildings, such as the Old Spot Hotel in Gawler. So expect some local nostalgia, especially if it's from the '90s.

The inspiration for The P Platers came after fellow gamers expressed a desire to see Adelaide represented in open-world game Grand Theft Auto. But unlike GTA, there's no overarching storyline. Instead players are encouraged to speak with the locals to access missions – a local punter at the pub might point you towards a nearby hoon race, or encourage breaking into a local Hungry Jacks to disrupt the corporate agenda. In keeping with the local aesthetic, Keenan approached The Hilltop Hoods for the use of their music – though perhaps too early in the process. "They did say the project looks good but [said they were] 'unsure if Adelaide has enough crime for GTA'."

Keenan is fiercely independent. He's keeping tight creative control over the game, though he does encourage his growing community of Facebook supporters to provide suggestions – such as whether the in-game financial system should consist of "Dollarydoos" or "Bucks and Shrap" (the latter is currently winning but it's still under debate).

His team recently expanded to incorporate a vehicle modeller, who has recreated Adelaide Metro trams and buses and SAPOL vehicles, in addition to Nissans, Mitsubishi Magnas, Holdens and "anything recently seen on Gumtree" for South Australia. "There are lots of utes," Keenan adds.

Predictably, SAPOL isn't too happy with the game's depiction of its vehicles and officers. Channel 9 took a similar stance, attempting to link violent video games to incidents such as the recent attacks on London's Westminster Bridge and Melbourne's Bourke Street Mall.