Unprecedented GPS Game in the AppStore

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Cheapshot is a real-time multiplayer GPS game where your physical location is your character’s position — you claim territory, grow crops, and battle neighbors in the streets you actually walk.

What Matters

  • Territory is claimed by planting cacti (🌵) that generate passive income, upgradeable through sunflowers (🌻) and trees (🌳) to higher-yield crops.
  • Combat stats are modular: 💥 damage, ⚡️ RPM (fire rate), and 🎯 accuracy are all governed by swappable mods unlocked via leveling.
  • Health mechanics include both a max health cap (💚max) and a regeneration rate (+💚/m), adding RPG depth to the location layer.
  • Players see each other on the map in real time and can voice-chat via a push-to-talk button (🎙), enabling live coordination or confrontation.
  • Territorial disputes allow diplomatic resolution — ask a claimant to share — before escalating to combat, preserving social dynamics.
  • The “don’t kill their bees” rule is the only stated etiquette norm, signaling the game has its own emerging social contract.

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