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Revision as of 15:14, 8 December 2015
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History from one of the creators of Turf
The idea for a location-based mobile game came several years ago, long before the "smartphone" was something that everyone wanted. We then made playful theories about how such a game could be made using WAP, GSM, triangulation, etc. But soon we realized that it was too big obstacle that it could succeed. But then came the smartphone revolution with GPS, 3G, etc. And suddenly we realized that all the pieces had fallen into place for it would be possible to start the project. During the fall of 2010 the first version of Turf was released, first only to a limited group and later for public download. Initially there were only coverage for the game in Sweden, and it took another six months or so before the game was released on trials in other countries.
Turf project has always been aiming that individual users should not have to pay large sums to participate and play, and that they should not have to be disturbed by the unappetizing advertising. This has led us to the current situation of Turf being financed by private donations from players, private efforts of the developers and to some extent the sponsorship of various companies. No matter how you choose to proceed with a project of this caliber, the costs for servers, certain development and marketing must be covered in any way.
Turf-crew, which is a voluntary group that has made possible the expansion of the game, launched in 2011 and today consists of over 15 highly committed members. One of the keys to the health aspect of the Turf we believe is accessibility. Everyone can play the turf, it is not required that you are part of a particular team or doing the activity at a certain time of day.
(Drassen 2014-03-05)
2010
2010-07-10 | ■ The first player to register | 20:03 - felixfelox |
2010-07-10 | ■ First zone is taken | 23:19 - hence |
2010-07-18 | ■ Turfs Facebook group is created | Link to Turfs Facebook group |
2010-08-01 | ■ The forum thread on Swedroid is created | 13:00 - Drassen - Link to forum thread |
2010-08-04 | ■ Version 0.3 | First version of the Turf that is posted on Google Play. Included the: encrypted transmission, help box, about box, a highscore with yourself, people who ever owned a zone and people who are online. |
2010-08-31 | ■ Version 0.3.5 | Included the; medals... |
2010-09-13 | ■ First turfer to take Dark Ninja | 07:16:22 - eddyueue |
2010-10-02 | ■ First turfer to take Decacity Star | 12:37:16 - simon |
2010-10-02 | ■ First turfer to take Expandator | 15:37:18 - simon |
2010-11-28 | ■ Version 0.5 | Included the chat function and some additional features ... |
2011
2011-01-04 | ■ Zone take 25 000 | Sweet - Kingsgarden, Stockholm |
2011-01-30 | ■ Fairy 0.1 | Link to forum thread |
2011-0?-?? | ■ First turfer to achieve the rank of Turf Master | tomtebloss - Information is missing: DATE (and time) |
2011-05-17 | ■ Version 0.6 | Included the; Pro mode... |
2011-05-21 | ■ Turfs first Bonanza - Stockholm | Winner: Fredrick |
2011-05-28 | ■ First turfer to take Restless | 13:33:27 - OlolaKok |
2011-05-29 | ■ Fairy 0.2 | Link to forum thread |
2011-05-29 | ■ First turfer to take Insomnia | 21:41:40 - eddyueue |
2011-06-16 | ■ Zone take 100 000 | Goose72 - Domparken, Östergötland |
2011-06-19 | ■ Turf event at DreamHack - Jönköping | Winners: iostream och eddyueue |
2011-06-29 | ■ First turfer to take 500 Unique | 12:06:39 - eddyueue |
2011-??-?? | ■ Zone take 250 000 | Information missing: DATE (Turfer, Zone & Time) |
2011-08-?? | ■ Turf launches in Netherlands | Information missing: DATE |
2011-08-18 | ■ Sweden's regions changed | From municipalities (approximately) to the county - Link to forum thread |
2011-09-25 | ■ First turfer to take Revisitor | 21:08:41 - uw12345678 |
2011-10-12 | ■ First turfer to take Netherland Explorer | 17:05:07 - Fredrick |
2011-12-12 | ■ Version 0.8 | Included the; Regional chat, graphics updates, support for Korean... |
2011-12-13 | ■ First turfer to take Eager Weasel | 14:39:30 - Zontjuven |
2011-12-22 | ■ Turf launched in South Korea |
2012
2012-01-?? | ■ First turfer to achieve the rank of Turf Hero | Thunell - Information missing: DATE |
2012-02-26 | ■ Turf launched in Denmark | |
2012-03-02 | ■ Zone take 400 000 | Optimus - BermudaZone, Västmanland |
2012-03-10 | ■ Turf's second Bonanza - Sundsvall | Tid: 14:00-16:00 - Winner: bUs |
2012-03-18 | ■ Swedroid wrote about Turf | "Swedish Turf is a different game..." - Link to article |
2012-03-20 | ■ Turf launched in Finland | Åland was the first province to have zones, Finnish mainland began to have zones in late July/August 2012. The zones were implemented with different dates. |
2012-03-23 | ■ Turf's Facebook page launched | Link to Turfs Facebook page |
2012-03-28 | ■ Version 0.9 | Included the; New server balance system, name above the players, new TAKEmedals... |
2012-04-01 | ■ Version 0.9.1 | Included the; Donationsmedals... |
2012-04-01 | ■ Block times are lowered | |
2012-04-05 | ■ Zone take 500 000 | 08:13:28 - Blajo - GranloCenter, Västernorrland |
2012-04-07 | ■ First turfer to take Denmark Explorer | 19:33:48 - FinnJ |
2012-04-11 | ■ First turfer to take Sweden Explorer | 15:56:40 - Jojje |
2012-04-21 | ■ First turfer to take Donation God | 10:58:32 - Blabert |
2012-04-16 | ■ Turf's Google+ page launched | Link to Turf's page on Google+ |
2012-05-02 | ■ First turfer to take 1000 Unique | 21:53:58 - KP |
2012-05-25 | ■ Turf launched in Norway | |
2012-07-10 | ■ Version 0.9.2 | Included the; New menu system... |
2012-07-25 | ■ Swedroid wrote about Turf again | "Turf soon reaches new milestone..." - Link to article |
2012-07-28 | ■ Zone take 1 000 000 | Madmax - wins a Nexus 7 and gets the zone renamed to MadMegaZone |
2012-08-19 | ■ New medals are introduced | Staminamedals |
2012-08-24 | ■ First turfer to take El Staminatore | 23:22:03 - Wettis |
2012-09-01 | ■ Turf's third Bonanza - Västerås | Tid: 14:00-16:00 - Winner: bUs |
2012-09-10 | ■ Turf on ABC-nytt (TV news) | Stockholms local-tv - Link to broadcast |
2012-09-16 | ■ Turf is aired on the TV program called "Landet Runt" | |
2012-09-29 | ■ New servers | |
2012-10-21 | ■ Region Ethnicity changed | Turfers now belongs to the region where they have the most zones, but the chat region are changed as soon as the turfer takes a zone outside the home region. |
2012-11-10 | ■ Rank system changes | New ranks added (35-60) and points levels for rank 31-35 modified. More info here: http://turfgame.com/info/ranks |
2012-11-17 | ■ Version 0.9.5 | Included the; new ranks, changed GPS bonus... |
2012-12-02 | ■ Turf v0.1 för iOS (pre-alpha) | Available to a select few testers... |
2012-12-05 | ■ First zone with over 5,000 takeovers total | GAZone, Västra Götaland |
2012-12-06 | ■ First turfer to take Norway Explorer | 13:54:40 - Klemfare |
2013
2013-01-13 | ■ First turfer to take Take-25000 | 18:01:04 - Thunell - Coinbridge, Östergötland |
2013-01-15 | ■ First turfer to achieve the rank of Turf King (First turfer with over 5 000 000 points) |
12:52 - Thunell |
2013-01-16 | ■ Zone take 2 000 000 | 08:19:44 - Trysse - NydalaGrill, Västerbotten |
2013-01-22 | ■ TurfWiki launches | 20:58 |
2013-02-03 | ■ Turf v0.1.1 for iOS (pre-alpha) | Now with Swedish chat - Link for more info |
2013-02-03 | ■ Turf launched in Island | |
2013-02-18 | ■ TurfWiki milestone | 22:08 - Turfwiki gets its 100th article after 27 days. |
2013-04-20 | ■ Turf's fourth Bonanza - Uppsala | Tid: 14:00-16:00 - Winner: SunYour |
2013-05-05 | ■ First turfer to take 2500 Unique | 18:48:56 - kingenin |
2013-05-05 | ■ First turfer to take Finland Explorer | 18:49:11 - kingenin |
2013-05-21 | ■ Forum milstone | ca 16.00 - The first forum thread with more than 15 000 views: Var med och sprid Turf! |
2013-05-22 | ■ First turfer to take Greed-250 | 09.09.10 - kingenin |
2013-06-03 | ■ Zone take 3 000 000 | time? - ezGenesis - zone:?, Västmanland |
2013-06-15 | ■ Turf launched in the United Kingdom | |
2013-07-30 | ■ Turf beta for iOS (closed beta) | - Link to more information |
2013-08-02 | ■ v.0.9.9.1 for iOS | A small update of the beta-version |
2013-08-30 | ■ API v4 released | Brand new API engine with more functionality |
2013-09-29 | ■ IPhone release on Appstore | 1000 downloads first day, #38 in free games on appstore, #99 in free apps |
2013-11-03 | ■ 0pph introduced | previously only 1-9 |
2013-11-07 | ■ Mobil Galan 2013 | Turf is nominated as best health app |
2013-11-26 | ■ Supporter introduced | First Android version released with the new feature |
2013-11-27 | ■ First turfer to take Dawn Ninja | 04:02:29 MarresmacK took Dawn Ninja |
2013-12-06 | ■ 50.000 downloads | Turf was downloaded for the 50 000 time. |
2013-12-08 | ■ Zone take 5 000 000 | By Jojje, 07:55:49 - Benchzone, Västernorrland, ' |
2013-12-09 | ■ Musikhjälpen charity | Around 11.000SEK contributed by turfers |
2013-12-20 | ■ First zone to reach 10 000 takeovers | playstreetking - SkrapanZone, Västerås |
2013-12-21 | ■ Turf v1.1 for iOS | First update of turf for iOS, including for example the searchfunction, more information Link |
2014
2014-04-03 | ■ First regionteam in a regionbattle to reach 100 participators | 13:10:44 - Skåne |
2014-04-30 | ■ New medals | Countrymedal and Regionmedal |
2014-05-31 | ■ First player to reach 1 million points during one round | 15:58 - Loaf |
2014-06-07 | ■ Turfs fifth Bonanza - Stockholm | Time heat 1: 10:00-12:00, time heat 2: 14:00-16:00 - Winner: Thunell |
2014-06-24 | ■ Turf v1.2.0 for iOS | Turfs second update for iOS with for example the possibility to suggest new zones Link |
2014-07-08 | ■ First turfer to receive UK Explorer | 20:04 - kaninmage |
2014-07-29 | ■ Turf v1.3.0 for iOS | iOS user was able to use Turf on iPads and to use the application in landscape mode Link |
2014-08-17 | ■ First turfer to reach 10 000 000 points in total | 19:29 - Snusmumriken |
2014-09-12 | ■ 10 000 000 zontakes | 08:24:38 - Wsnurr is the winner of a android wear |
2014-10-17 | ■ Turf v1.3.6 for iOS | Spectator mode and better GPS. Link |
2015
2015-02-16 | ■ Turf v0.9.9.1 for Android | Version 0.9.9.1 is released to all Supporters using Android |
2015-03-07 | ■ First turfer to take the Ghost minute medal | 00:00:11 - Spix |
2015-03-20 | ■ Turf v1.3.7 for iOS | Ghost minute medal and auto-close of takeover dialog. Link |
2015-04-20 | ■ Turf v1.3.8 for iOS | Holy zones and new dialog design. Link |
2015-09-01 | ■ The first turfer to reach 100.000 takes | Snusmumriken |
2015-10-04 | ■ Turf Aid 2.0 | Turfers was given the opportunity to contribute in Turf Aid 2.0 during round 63. The result of 28 962 kr was given to save the children foundation. |
2015-10-18 | ■ Turf v1.0 for Android | Version 1.0 was released on Google Play |
2015-12-06 | ■ 20 000 000 zontakes | TequilaGold |