Hello! ❤️

I’m the developer of WalkScape! My game is an online RPG that is inspired by RuneScape, where all of the in-game progression happens by walking in real life.

I myself have struggled to exercise enough, and I’m diagnosed with ADHD. This project started off as something I was working for myself to help me exercise more. The game has been in Closed Beta since January 18th, and the player feedback so far has been awesome!

There are three key things that make the game very unique for a mobile game, in addition to just being a nice and cozy game that incentivizes you to walk:

  • No GPS. Unlike games like Pokemon Go, WalkScape uses pedometer instead of GPS. This means you can walk where ever you like, including at your home or gym on a treadmill. And doesn’t compromise your privacy.

  • No MTX or ads. I’m against all kind of predatory trends in gaming, especially predatory monetisation. WalkScape is completely community funded with Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee with no external investments.

  • Not hungry for your attention. WalkScape doesn’t even need to be opened in the background for you to gain progress in it. The game is designed in a way where you only need to open it after your exercise, and if you forget to the game it doesn’t punish you. It saves your “missed steps” for later.

If you’re interested to give it a try, you can check out https://walkscape.app to find how to join the upcoming beta wave, see some stats about the game (people have already walked more than 1.5 billion steps!), and our roadmap.

I’ll answer any questions you might have. Happy walking and stay hydrated ❤️

  • Merritt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    It’s very cool you’re making it in Flutter, my personal favorite for any coding task.

    Is the game open source? Understandable if not, but if it is open source I’d be wanting to contribute! 😁

    • saplyng@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      If you like flutter and know python check out Flet! Based on flutter with python bindings, I’ve used it a couple of times during work and it was a dream

      • Merritt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I’m a huge fan of Dart myself, but that’s pretty cool to have as an option for a python project. Thanks for the link!

    • schamppu@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Well yes and no! Pokemon Go depends on GPS, so this is very different from that. And I talked to Niantic’s manager at one convention, and they said their games are mostly focused on AR.

      RuneScape in a lot of ways yeah! But we can’t use their IP naturally, so the world and content is completely different.

      • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
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        1 month ago

        they said their games are mostly focused on AR

        This is amusing to hear. I’ve not played pogo for a few years ago I don’t know if things have changed, but absolutely everyone I knew used the AR for 5 minutes because it was cool and then disabled it forever because it made the game sightly harder!

        • schamppu@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I thought the exact same. For me, the AR stuff feels like such a gimmick.

          Pikmin Bloom was their most fitness focused game

    • schamppu@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Not officially supported, but if you have your phone in your pocket while cycling, you’ll get some!

    • Ethalis@jlai.luEnglish
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      1 month ago

      It’s probably less optimal than walking since I seem to get less steps in when I bike, but I can confirm it works

  • AverageGoob@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Tried it the last time I saw it it posted. Be warned, this takes a huge amount of battery life to run in the back ground. So much so I had to stop playing.

    • schamppu@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      This was already fixed like month ago! It was mostly happening on Pixel devices only.

      Give a try to the new version, it shouldn’t use much battery at all now.

      • Dasnap@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Does the app need to be open (like old PokeGo…) or does it just track in the background?

        • schamppu@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Doesn’t need to be, and designed around the idea that it is closed when you’re exercising. Can be entirely closed, and still tracks the steps.

        • schamppu@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I seriously have no idea. The Pixels had something weird going on when we wanted to keep track of the steps, and it drained a lot of battery. On other devices, it was not an issue. When I made the frequency of getting the steps lower, that fixed it.

  • Ethalis@jlai.luEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I tried the beta a few months ago and it was great! I kinda lost interest when I struggled to find a city with the workshop I needed at the time, but I’ll try again now that a few updates have come out!

  • Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Do you have integration with and fitness apps to retrieve non phone step counts?

    I have a Garmin watch that does all my health tracking etc.

    • schamppu@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Not yet, but it’s on our roadmap. Google is right now doing a major rework on this (Health Connect), which delays our efforts on that for a moment as we need to wait for them to release it fully.

      • eodur@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I would very much like this too! Especially if it can count distance/steps from other kinds of activities like biking, stationary bike, maybe even swimming.

  • Marighost@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This looks rad! I love gamifying life 😅

    Signed up, and I hope to support this soon! I wish the development process well!

    • Dasnap@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I found I did a lot more chores when I started tracking them with a points system.

      I watched more new TV & movies when I signed up for Trakt, more games with Exophase and Backloggd, more books with StoryGraph, more anime and manga with Myanimelist…

  • Imperor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    That’s amazing - Would it be fine if I covered this on my (very, very small) YouTube channel? My content isn’t really related to anything fitness, but I am in the process of getting a bit fitter at the moment, so this could be a very fun thing to do and talk about for me, as I do have a weak spot for both RPGs and privacy respecting apps!