What is Ingress?

Ingress is an augmented reality game. But more than that, it is an entire world that is happening behind the scenes of the everyday world. Shapers (The Enlightened) have invaded the world, in an attempt to influence the world's growth using a partical called XM (Exotic Matter). The Resistance believe in free will. We believe in freedom from the influence of the shapers and their XM. and fight use it against them.

Augmented Reality? What?

Think of Ingress like a cross between Capture the Flag and Geocaching. There are two teams, who travel around (by walking, biking, or driving) to the thousands of key locations around WNY (and thousands more around the world) to capture and control them. Agents in the field work together on operations to connect these key locations, called "Portals" by linking them together to create fields of control over parts of the world. The more people in the world they cover, the greater their control.

How do I get started?

Simple! Check out Ingress at the App Store for your device: iPhone Users: [iTunes Store] Andriod Users: [Google Play Store] It's 100% Free! Once you've downloaded the Scanner (our name for the app), the scanner will teach you the basics through a tutorial, and let you join a team. Obviously you are here because you found one of our posters, cards, or other ads telling you to come here. We are the Resistance of Buffalo. We are a big family of many men and women of a wide variety of ages. We don't just play together, we enjoy life together. We go out for food and travel to events together. So make sure you pick Blue , and welcome to the Resistance family!

Events? Just how big is ingress?

Bigger than you would ever believe. People across the earth play it, and theres hundreds playing right now in WNY!