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Show HN: ApocalypFit – RPG Using FitBit Stats

21 points by beerthirty 10y ago

beerthirty 10y ago
Hey everyone, In my spare time over the last few weeks I've created a simple "rpg" type game that syncs with your FitBit data allowing you to complete "quests" using your steps (and optionally eventually floors). I'm a programmer, so it's heavily text based and needs a lot more work. :) After a few short introductory quests, the story starts to pick up (I've completed the first 7 quests only at this point). Any feedback is welcome. Thanks!
- this-dang-guy 10y ago
  Neat concept - but the intro page there is a hard stop for me. You need to convince people why they should log in via your site, screenshots, overviews, etc. Right now, it looks like a very bad way to harvest logins. (IMO)
  - beerthirty 10y ago
    Thank you for the feedback! Yes and good point, it dawned on me after I posted this that the intro page has basically only served as a placeholder during my development. I'll fix that!
    - this-dang-guy 10y ago
      Great! Looking forward to seeing it. Might give me a reason to check out fitbit again :)
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
  It would be nice for those without a fitbit device or login to be able to get a preview of the game :)
fsiefken 10y ago
Sounds like a cross between Habitica and Zombies Run, gamifying your fitness around a survival or hunter-gatherer is fit.
wccrawford 10y ago
I used to use FitBit devices until I realized they were all dying right outside of warranty, and the company started drawing a hard line on warranty service. I switched to Withings. Any chance of supporting other APIs like that? http://oauth.withings.com/api http://oauth.withings.com/api
- beerthirty 10y ago
  Absolutely! If enough people are interested I have plans to add Jawbone, Google Fit, and others. Thank you for the feedback! :)
  - zapt02 10y ago
    Google Fit would probably be the smartest choice, because it has support for different hardware vendors. For example, Withings has Google Fit integration so you'd get their range for free.
    - this-dang-guy 10y ago
      Ups for google fit. I can tie my Pebble into that (at the moment), so it'd give me a leg up. So to speak.
    - fiftyacorn 10y ago
      I didnt like the API compared to other vendors. It was quite basic and a much lower level. The plus side is vendor support
beerthirty 10y ago
Thank you everyone very much for the great feedback! :) I'm going to take the game offline for a couple days to fix some of the issues. I'll post here when it's back up. Thanks again!

21 points by beerthirty 10y ago

Hey everyone, In my spare time over the last few weeks I've created a simple "rpg" type game that syncs with your FitBit data allowing you to complete "quests" using your steps (and optionally eventually floors). I'm a programmer, so it's heavily text based and needs a lot more work. :) After a few short introductory quests, the story starts to pick up (I've completed the first 7 quests only at this point). Any feedback is welcome. Thanks!

this-dang-guy 10y ago
Neat concept - but the intro page there is a hard stop for me. You need to convince people why they should log in via your site, screenshots, overviews, etc. Right now, it looks like a very bad way to harvest logins. (IMO)
- beerthirty 10y ago
  Thank you for the feedback! Yes and good point, it dawned on me after I posted this that the intro page has basically only served as a placeholder during my development. I'll fix that!
  - this-dang-guy 10y ago
    Great! Looking forward to seeing it. Might give me a reason to check out fitbit again :)
FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
It would be nice for those without a fitbit device or login to be able to get a preview of the game :)

fsiefken 10y ago

Sounds like a cross between Habitica and Zombies Run, gamifying your fitness around a survival or hunter-gatherer is fit.

wccrawford 10y ago

I used to use FitBit devices until I realized they were all dying right outside of warranty, and the company started drawing a hard line on warranty service. I switched to Withings. Any chance of supporting other APIs like that? http://oauth.withings.com/api http://oauth.withings.com/api

beerthirty 10y ago
Absolutely! If enough people are interested I have plans to add Jawbone, Google Fit, and others. Thank you for the feedback! :)
- zapt02 10y ago
  Google Fit would probably be the smartest choice, because it has support for different hardware vendors. For example, Withings has Google Fit integration so you'd get their range for free.
  - this-dang-guy 10y ago
    Ups for google fit. I can tie my Pebble into that (at the moment), so it'd give me a leg up. So to speak.
  - fiftyacorn 10y ago
    I didnt like the API compared to other vendors. It was quite basic and a much lower level. The plus side is vendor support

beerthirty 10y ago

Thank you everyone very much for the great feedback! :) I'm going to take the game offline for a couple days to fix some of the issues. I'll post here when it's back up. Thanks again!