Just a week after its launch, Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm, and people from all over are enjoying the latest craze.

The interactive video game allows people to use their actual location to hunt down and “capture” Pokemon creatures. Once a creature is located, the player can pull it up on their camera and see the creature as if it were standing in front of them.

Pokemon Go is a free app that is available in the Apple and Google Play stores for Apple and Android devices.

Players level up as they capture different creatures, with the goal of capturing as many as possible in the area.

“It’s really addictive,” Jackson Owen said. “I just started playing it today, and I’ve already caught seven of them.”

Jackson was spending the day at LBWCC where his mother, Heather Owen, is the recruiter. He said that the campus was a hot spot for Pokemon activity.

“There are a lot of them up here,” Jackson said of LBWCC. “There is even a PokeStop that you can go to each day and get rewards.”

Other “PokeStops” in Andalusia can be found at the Andalusia Fire Department, First Presbyterian Church, the Courthouse Bell, Three Notch Road/Hank and Audrey, the historical marker at the Andalusia Public Library and Central Church.

In the game, players create a character that puts them in a map according to your actual location. Players must walk around in order to find new creatures to catch and also earn bonuses.

“It’s a great way to get exercise,” Frank Skuwes said. “If you walk certain distances, the game rewards you with things to help evolve the Pokemon you catch.”

Skuwes and fellow archeologists John O’Hara and Johnathan Robichaux from the University of South Alabama have been in town doing a survey on the Conecuh National Forest, and during their down time they have been exploring Andalusia while looking for Pokemon creatures.

“I really like it for the social aspect,” Robichaux said. “It’s something that helps people that don’t socialize a lot. It gets them out and in the park.”

The group said they were amazed with how it has caught on.

“It’s crazy how many people are doing it now,” O’Hara said. “I read that it has had more clicks than Twitter since the game came out a week ago.”

The group also said that they grew up playing Pokemon, and that was what mainly brought them around to trying out Pokemon Go.

“I played it when I was a kid,” Skuwes said. “I would play it all the time on my Gameboy, and when I heard about Pokemon Go I knew I wanted to try it.”

Robichaux said he also played the original game as a kid, but wasn’t sure about Pokemon Go at first.

“At first, I wasn’t even going to get it,” Robichaux said. “Social media pressure got to me, though. I started seeing all of my friends talking about, and I caved it.”

The group also said that people will hold big parties for people to come catch Pokemon.

“This weekend I was at a party by the beach that someone started to catch Pokemon,” Robichaux said. “People can use things in the game to lure the Pokemon creatures to the location, and then create an event for a bunch of people to hang out. They will even post it to groups on Facebook to get more people. That’s what makes the social aspect of it really fun.”

Location and weather determine the types of creatures one will see.

“Weather and location matter when you’re looking for different Pokemon,” Skuwes said. “Certain creatures only come out when it’s raining and others only show up in certain types of areas.”

Elijah Chappelle also enjoys the freedom of the game.

“Instead of using a video game controller, you actually walk around,” Chappelle said. “It’s almost like you’re actually there.”