Could our lures help you catch a Pokémon Go character?

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Famous Pokémon characters can be caught at the University of Lincoln this week at ‘Pokéstops’ in six different spots across campus.

Lures which attract more of the Pokémon creatures to the six stops will be set during Thursday afternoon. The game, which allows players to fight, capture and train virtual monsters, already features the campus, so the lures are hoped to bring more characters during 12 noon and 4pm.

The game works by various characters popping up on the virtual Pokémon Go landscape, which uses a smartphone’s GPS and detect where you are and make Pokémon appear “around you” as you look at the world through the phone’s camera.

As players move around, characters start to appear depending on the time of day and where they are. Players must toss a Pokéball to capture them, with some much harder to trap than others.

Six locations will be used for the lures: outside the library; Minerva Building; pedestrian area outside the Media, Humanities and Technology (MHT) building; near One Campus Way at the Student Village; and outside Witham House.

ICT and Finance will be based at the Minerva Building, while the School of Psychology, which came up with the idea, is manning a stand at MHT along with Student Services. The Chaplaincy team stand will be based at Witham house.

Use hashtags #PokemonGo and #FreshLincoln to follow the action online and post your own Pokémon Go pictures.

The map with all Pokéstop locations can be found here: PokemonGo Campus Map PDF