Making a game with geolocation like PokemonGO?

Question

OpenStreetMap

Hello people. I decided to start developing a game with geolocation like in PokemonGO. Faced such a problem as the choice of service for integrating the map into the application. Google and Yandex services are not suitable, because they are paid. Found OpenStreetMap, but faced the problem of creating a map style for my game. Maybe someone worked with this service or with games based on geolocation? I would appreciate any advice :)

Answer 1

Found OpenStreetMap, but faced the problem of creating a map style for my game.

It will be free (pay only for your hardware) only if you raise your server with a card. You don’t even have to go far here, an amateur site that showed PokemonGO spawn for loading OSM servers was banned.
The standard raster style is here - https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto
Under the unit there is an SDK from the mapbox. But you also have to make and host vector tiles yourself, so that you don’t have to pay anyone. And so, at the development stage, free quotas from the mapbox will be enough for you.