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:
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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.
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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.
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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 ❤️
I tried to sign up but never got a confirmation email. It’s been about 30 minutes. I checked my spam folder and it’s not there.
Game looks cool though.
Hi! We have some problems with some email providers. Could you contact me and tell the email you tried to sign up with at contact@walkscape.app and I can see what’s going on
This looks really cool - I put in my beta tester registration!
So RuneScape X Poke’mon go?
Hmm
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.
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!
I thought the exact same. For me, the AR stuff feels like such a gimmick.
Pikmin Bloom was their most fitness focused game
Looks great! Signed up for the beta!
Thank you so much! And have an awesome time walking ❤️
iOS?
Both iOS and Android!
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Play store only? Or fdroid/github too?
Does it work for cycling?
It’s probably less optimal than walking since I seem to get less steps in when I bike, but I can confirm it works
Not officially supported, but if you have your phone in your pocket while cycling, you’ll get some!
It’s a really nice game. The eggs and animals are a new addition right? Haven’t seen them in-game yet.
Yup, pets feature is something we’re working on right now. You might’ve seen Animal Shelter in Salsfirth, it’s very much related to the pets feature.
Oh, nice.
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!
The game still doesn’t have a very good way for finding certain places. I recommend to check https://map.walkscape.app and https://wiki.walkscape.app in the mean time if you’re struggling to find something
We are going to improve this in one of the upcoming updates
Looks sweet; applied for the beta.
Same, let’s see if we can get in. Sorry OP for my long application text.
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.
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.
May I ask what the reason for the battery drain was?
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.
Does the app need to be open (like old PokeGo…) or does it just track in the background?
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.
I’ve been trying to walk more lately, so this might just be the thing for me
This looks rad! I love gamifying life 😅
Signed up, and I hope to support this soon! I wish the development process well!
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…
Looks fun. Supported and signed up. Thanks for posting
Thank you! Hope you enjoy it ❤️
This is the first I’m learning of this and I’m immediately interested. Just applied.
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.
Ditto but for Gadgetbridge on Android :)
It’s a planned integration but not available atm, afaik
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.
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.