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 ❤️
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.
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!
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.
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.
Just Google Play and TestFlight for now. Could be that we expand to support more stores later on, but at the moment we can’t really support more than these two.
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
I was in the previous beta but after getting a new phone “jelly star” it kept reporting i had done 0 steps every time i would open it. Like how it would prior if i was updating the game it would forget the steps i did from the last time i opened it. Don’t know if it has something with it starting to auto update. I also disabled so battery optimisations on my phone to do with the app and anything system wise for the pedometer.
Absolutely love the game though and an eager for when this is fully out and i can more easily recommend it to friends.
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…
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Sounds cool.
Sounds awesome. I average 12k steps a day, might as well do so while enjoying a fun game. :)
Does it work for cycling?
Not officially supported, but if you have your phone in your pocket while cycling, you’ll get some!
It’s probably less optimal than walking since I seem to get less steps in when I bike, but I can confirm it works
Looks great! Signed up for the beta!
Thank you so much! And have an awesome time walking ❤️
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Looks fun. Supported and signed up. Thanks for posting
Thank you! Hope you enjoy it ❤️
Been keeping my eye on this one for a while! Very happy to see it steadily progress, can’t wait to try this out! 🙌
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’ve been trying to walk more lately, so this might just be the thing for me
iOS?
Both iOS and Android!
Play store only? Or fdroid/github too?
Just Google Play and TestFlight for now. Could be that we expand to support more stores later on, but at the moment we can’t really support more than these two.
🎇🎆🎇
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
I was in the previous beta but after getting a new phone “jelly star” it kept reporting i had done 0 steps every time i would open it. Like how it would prior if i was updating the game it would forget the steps i did from the last time i opened it. Don’t know if it has something with it starting to auto update. I also disabled so battery optimisations on my phone to do with the app and anything system wise for the pedometer.
Absolutely love the game though and an eager for when this is fully out and i can more easily recommend it to friends.
We just released an update on this yesterday, which starts using new pedometer API released by Google. It should be a lot better now than before.
My post on this: https://portal.walkscape.app/post/664
That’s great news. I’ll take a look!
Just want to let you now that I’ve not had any issues since. Everything’s been working as expected now.
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 sweet; applied for the beta.
Same, let’s see if we can get in. Sorry OP for my long application text.