Ingress - what is it?

More and more people are running their smartphones through the streets and playing ingress. We'll tell you what it is.

Ingress: what can the app do?

Ingress is an augmented reality game for the smartphone. It has been available for Android since 2013, and also for iOS since 2014. The game forces you out the door and provides some movement.

• The game Ingress is about a special energy that reaches the real world through portals. These portals are usually located at sights, sculptures, churches, post offices and supermarkets.
• In the game, two groups fight for this energy: there are the enlightened and the resistance. The enlightened want to change the world, the resistance fears the enslavement of mankind.
• The aim of the game is that the whole world is taken over by a group. Whether this goal will ever be reached is unclear as millions of players around the world are conquering the portals. Only in Africa is the game hardly represented.

Ingress: This is how the smartphone game works

• Ingress is mainly about conquering and networking the portals. If you have opened up a portal for your team, you should also protect it against the conquest of the other team.
• In order to open up or conquer a portal, you have to visit it live on site with your smartphone. With the right items, you can attack opposing portals, take them over and then protect them. Depending on the level, you can do this alone or together with friends or strangers.
• Ingress is very versatile and can best be understood by trying it out for yourself. There are also numerous portals to conquer in smaller towns and villages.

In the next practical tip we will show you how to collect experience points in Ingress.