Ghost-o-Matic
This app uses groundbreaking augmented reality to reveal hidden messages, missing pages, metaphysical phenomena, mysterious puzzles and even ghosts in and around the pages of the book.
We need your help. A SPRUNG operative has gone missing. All that remains of him is his Ghostkeeper’s Journal – you’ll need the Ghost-o-Matic app to break the secrets hidden inside. Our operative’s name is Agamemnon White – child prodigy, ecto-genius, and tuna sandwich obsessive. He is also head of Ghostkeeping for the Western region, and was collecting the most powerful ecto-energy types known to man in his Journal. Download the Ghost-o-Matic app, synchronise it with your copy of the Ghostkeeper’s Journal, join SPRUNG, and use the book and app together to retrace Ag’s trail and help us rescue him. But beware… the moment you open the book, you will release the ghosts Ag trapped inside. It will be up to you to recapture them with the Ghost-o-Matic app and solve the mystery of his disappearance… without disappearing yourself!
This immersive storyworld of the Ghostkeeper’s Journal, told through the book and the app, represents a brand new kind of interactive fiction for older kids and young adults, reinventing the book for the screen generation and using AR technology in a wholly new way. The app delivers more than fifty animation sequences, digital puzzles and personalised achievements as part of an over-arching story about this mysterious Ghostkeeping society and its dark secrets. Join SPRUNG through this app and experience the next generation of storytelling today.
To begin, launch the app and point your device’s camera at your Journal to begin your hunt. In-app messages will guide you through the process of joining SPRUNG and catching your first ghost.
NOTE: Once downloaded, the Ghost-O-Matic app does not require WiFi. No data is sent from the app – any information entered into the app is only saved on the user’s own device.
This free app is available to anyone with a compatible smartphone or tablet (Android devices with both forward- and backward-facing cameras and a gyroscope using Android 4.0.3 and above, and ARMv7 NEON processors. INTEL ATOM based devices are not supported).
Category : Entertainment
Reviews (27)
This app is really something special. Normally with "gimmicky" books, there's not much meat to the actual novel. That's not the case with this. Both the story and the app are good, and together they make a phenomenal whole! (The one annoying bit was the Phantasmist summoning area, but, again unlike most tie-in apps, the devs stepped in and recently fixed it.)
I had so many hopes for the app when I got the book. I was so excited to finally be able to use the app. Extremely disappointed when I couldn't scan anything. It would start to scan. I don't know if it's because I have an Motorola e6 or the app just doesn't even work. I have been scanning for 2 minutes straight and nothing. Deleting the app. Would never recommend.
Dear Developers, I would like to request a way to have 2-3 profiles. My kids use my phone and they are different ages, so I would like a way we can use the same app individually without interfering with each other's place in the book. It is a great app, otherwise!
my kids got this book at their school book fair and it worked great until they got to the part of scanning the page with Ellie on it. we have tried every way possible to get it to scan and now they are stuck and can't go farther. There is no way to skip it and can't get the third clue without getting her half of the picture to scan. Very disappointing.
I downloaded it a first time and it was great.but then my sister uninstalled it accidentally and now it won't let me open the app on my phone. It opens then shows a download complete page and then closes and I get a notice saying that it keeps stopping. Please fix this. Otherwise really fun.
Really cool concept but I, like many others, cannot scan Ellie. Could you point in the direction of how to fix this problem, perhaps? I would use more than the 1/3 hint but it appears that I honestly don't know how. I really want to get past this part and it's very disappointing that I'm unable to.
It would be great if it didn't freeze and over heat my phone. It would also be nice if it saved information. I've had to uninstall and reinstall several times just to start over from the beginning
Not working at all, just got the book and the app does not move from the first animation, opening the door. I hope this is solve soon because my son, the whole family and my son's friends could not wait to read and interact with the book.
It was amazing,i loved the experience and i loved the story line but i was hoping that i could reset it so i could go through the amazing story line again but i couldn't find any way to do so,if the developer or anyone with info on this could explain/help i would greatly appreciate it. (P.S. i just wanted to say im 11 on my moms phone)
It has very good graphics,and a very good book,but the point when I type in my name it always bugs out. And what is the pink no texture patches on the app?I will continue to play this game,and I am playing the 1.1 game. Please fix this.Thx😬
Awesome!!!! You get to do a lot of fun activities!!! You capture ghosts, get evidence for the mysteries, and much more!!! Whoever is doubting themselves if they should download it, just download it, because it's AWESOME!!!
This game is awesome, only problem is that when i type something it starts to act up and the curser goes all over the place please fix this problem. I really want to finish the journal. Thank you.
it's a great app (i've tried it on my phone before) but the camera isn't working when i use the app now, and yes i checked, my camera works fine on it's own. :(
This book has been working up to the point when you need to scan Ellie, it will NOT work, I've tried EVERYTHING! Please help, I am thinking that I am just going to refund the book.. and don't tell me to watch the tutorials, because I already have, and it STILL doesn't help..
Resolution circles not working. Captured all Ghouls, certified rank, 90%, entered 4 digit code and password. Went to next page. Says that I don't have the correct rank.
Really cool concept, however my the keyboard and camera are super finnicky, I said there for a good 5 minutes just trying to type my name in and I spent a lot of time trying to get it to scan.
Wouldnt download. I have tried multiple times to get past the phantamist and cannot get past it. I have tried using hints but is stuck on clue 1. Please fix this issue.
I love the game but then it crashed and every time i go back in it keeps me stuck on the start. Please fix this
I think this is awesome. I really liked this and thought it was great. However because its ar its still a little buggy but overall great.
this book is not working on the profile page! and it is working on other pages but not this one i want my money back this is the 20 time i uninstalet and instalet again this is wrong all the persons books work but not mine!
i have been having a problem. it lets me scan every other page,but i can not scan the pledge page. please help me.
I'm just trying to have fun and all of a sudden my quote on quote "rank is not senior enough to veiw this ecto event" when I just did that page.
Really good first time I couldn't install. It should be a short or game but it's really really good it's actually we longer I just mean like it should take up as much space
The app seems fun but every time I open it it crashes and sends me back ro the home screen.
I had downloaded this app thinking that maybe I would like it, well it does not work because you have to buy the book separately, which it should be included when you download this app, I installed this app thinking it would be wonderful experience, only to find out you have to buy the book separately, so I uninstalled this app, i would not recommend this app at all, not happy with this at all.
PIECE OF TRASH!!!!!!!!!!😣😠😠😠😠😡😡😡😡😡😡🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ radar does not work in the training!!! uninstalled many times and it still doesnt work! I'm on a Moto G4. Useless!!! Do not install!!!! radar there, but doesn't turn with the phone camera. I can't believe i spent $15.00 on this useless TRASH. just take this app off if it doesn't work!!!!!😭😭😭😭😠😡😠😡😠😡💀💀💀💀
Edit: Developer seemed to release a bug fix just for my issue. Thank you! It works! Time to hunt ghosts! Don't know why this book was listed in a Scholastic Book Fair flyer for kindergarteners, but it seems fun to read together. There's just one problem- I can't get past the data entry pledge on my V30. I've tried re-synching a bunch, but the thumbs up button still will not accept it. I've jumped forward a few pages and it works, but keeps prompting me back to the pledge. Help!