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It can be fun trying to find Pikachu or Mewtwo, but an evangelical Catholic group wants to follow you in the place of Jesus Christ – at least virtually, to begin with, thanks to a new app inspired by Pokémon Go called Follow JC Go.
The game, which was launched on October 19th, is based on the very popular Pokemon Capture Game. But instead of collecting as much Pokémon as possible, players must try to find saints, biblical characters, and other religious personalities to add to their evangelistic team, known as the Holy Spirit. eTeam, and to take up the challenges of the game. Similar to Pokémon Go, Follow JC Go uses GPS to detect the position of a user in the city.
The game was developed by Fundación Ramón Pané, a foundation dedicated to evangelism, in preparation for World Youth Day 2019, an international youth-oriented Catholic event. According to Crux Now, a Catholic publication, Pope Francis would have applauded the application when it was presented to him in Rome earlier this month.
"You know, Francis is not very technological, but he was impressed, he understood the idea, what we were trying to do: combine technology and evangelism," Ricardo Grzona, executive director of Fundación Ramón, told Crux Now. Breaded.
One of the main ways for a player to progress is to answer religious questions correctly when encountering a biblical character (for example, Moses could ask you correctly assign a quote from the Bible). The game also attempts to transfer pious acts from the virtual world to the real world: when the player is near a church in real life, he is asked to stop and say a prayer and users can also make a donate to a charity through the app.
There is currently only one Spanish version of the game, but versions in English and in other languages are planned for the future. The Spanish rollout makes sense – next year's World Youth Day will be held in Panama. In addition, Hispanics represent 40% of Catholics in the United States and Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world. (Spanish is also the native language of Pope Francis.)
This is not the first time that Pokémon Go inspires application developers. Earlier this year, Snapchat had hidden more than a million virtual eggs to encourage users to participate in a Pokémon Go-style Easter hunt. And while the evangelistic aspect of Follow JC Go may seem a long way from the obligation to fight imaginary creatures, Pokémon Go has already been praised for its educational potential. It has been touted as a way to teach people about ecology and conservation, and even to educate children about augmented reality.
And if the name Follow JC Go seems to be a homage to the title of the original game, there may be something more direct on the cards soon.
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