Patintero Playtime, the spirit of the Filipino traditional game lives on!
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 00:00
Zeenoh relives the street game spirit among the Filipino youth in its third app called "Patintero". Patintero is a street game played by Filipino children on wide spaces. The tagalog name "Patintero" is called "Tubiganay" in Hiligaynon and in Sugbuhanon. Patintero is also called “Harang Taga” because of the game's simple objective, which is to block the other team’s players from passing through. In the game, Lolo Amihan teaches users how to play Patintero digitally. The tutorial establishes the setting of the game, involving two teams and a grid.
The two teams are the players and the taggers. The goal of the game is simple: for the player team to pass through the other end of the grid. The taggers are assigned each line in the grid in which they must guard, in an attempt to block the players from crossing. In order to win a Patintero game, a player must be equipped with speed, agility and a presence of mind. Without these three, it would be difficult to get the team across the other end of the grid and win the game. Zeenoh's Patintero allows players to acquire power ups as they go, which are: speed, time, 10pts coin and 20pts coin. A whole Patintero game only lasts for 2 minutes, wherein the winner is determined by the highest score.
The game features three flavors, which are the Patintero Playtime, Patintero Ultimate and Patintero Extreme. The Patintero Playtime is the first version to be released on November 2011, which is a free version that allows a one-to-one (human vs. human) game. This version is available on HD format and for the iPad. The Patintero Ultimate is a paid version that offers more features. These features include more teams that can play, which varies from animals, plants and aliens, to name a few. This version would be released soon after the release of Patintero Playtime. On the other hand, the Patintero Extreme offers even better features than the Ultimate, as this version of the app would be integrated with more teams and more worlds to explore. In addition, this flavor would enable networking features which can be accessed through WiFi or Bluetooth game challenge. With this game, every Filipino can revive their experiences as a child by playing a fun and challenging game of virtual Patintero.
