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Developer of WalkScape (the fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL) here again. We're accepting new players and have a Lemmy community! (i.postimg.cc)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/games
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Hello again, Lemmy!

It's been a while since I last posted here, and the reception for the post was really awesome - thank you all for that! I also created a community in Lemmy for the game: [email protected] where I'm posting every development blog post.

We have a new Closed Beta wave right now, so if you'd like to try out the game, you can follow the instructions available at walkscape.app/help. The wave is running until January 7th.

Since the last post, we've now started to add some Quality of Life updates to the game and we're nearly finished with the lengthy optimization process of the game engine and servers. We're expecting to release the next update next month!

If you haven't heard about the game before, I started this project as a personal hobby project to help myself walk more. I tried most of the games available, but I wanted to have something that didn't need attention while walking and wouldn't have predatory monetization like most mobile games tend to have these days.

The game is inspired by RuneScape, and you level up skills, craft gear, find loot and so on by walking IRL. We have a short introduction video to the game where I explain and show how the game works in more detail.

Once again, thanks Lemmy for all the awesome feedback we've got and for the countless encouraging messages that you've sent us. And I'm hoping to see more of you in the game & community!

I'll answer any questions or feedback here in the comments and in our own community. Happy new year, and happy walking <3

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's kinda supported - if you have your phone in your pocket you do get some steps, but it's not as efficient as walking.

I'm Finnish myself and my German skills aren't that great :D The translations for the game are made by the community, you can help correcting errors at https://translate.walkscape.app/ ~~(the tool is currently hosted on a very underspecced server so it's laggy, we'll be moving it to a beefier one soon)~~

Edit: Well this was sooner than I thought, I've moved it to another server and should be very usable now.