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I got super excited thinking this was for real birds. I would love someone to gamify birding.

by leros 11mo ago

bix6 11mo ago
What’s missing from eBird?
- Barbing 11mo ago
  Certainly gamified a bit as I learned from: LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching https://youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo https://youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo 1.9m view | 2mo ago | 2hr long (buckle in, documentary by a couple young goofball brothers)
- leros 11mo ago
  I want something more gamified. I want to go on missions or complete challenges or something. Not just identity and log stuff.
  - xandrius 11mo ago
    I'll think of ways to bridge the virtual world with the real world birding one. Let me know if you have any ideas for that :)
Freeboots 11mo ago
I guess it's not intensely gamified, but I have a couple friends at like 80-90% on Merlin. It's their excuse to travel and live abroad
araes 11mo ago
Not sure if this meets your criteria, yet iNaturalist [1] is kind of "gamified". Has a rather large "bird" taxon observation amount. 38,393,861 observations, 11,165 species, 1,130,700 observers, 188,988 identifiers (people who identify species from your pictures) When Romania announced that the Lesser Kestrel had returned after 100 years iNaturalist actually had several of the observations in the nearby area. [2] [1] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_id=3 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_i... [2] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_id=59845 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_i...
nickthebirder 11mo ago
This is actually exactly what I’ve been working on as a passion project for the last year and a half: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wings-whistles/id6503321263 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wings-whistles/id6503321263 It’s basically a gamified version of Merlin. Would love any and all feedback! Birdle Go seems really cool, very impressed and would love to test that!
- leros 11mo ago
  Any chance you'll release an android version?
  - nickthebirder 11mo ago
    Yes! I’m aiming to release it by January at the latest. I’m using tflite rather than coreml so that the transition is easier.

I got super excited thinking this was for real birds. I would love someone to gamify birding.

by leros 11mo ago

I got super excited thinking this was for real birds. I would love someone to gamify birding.

bix6 11mo ago

What’s missing from eBird?

Barbing 11mo ago
Certainly gamified a bit as I learned from: LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching https://youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo https://youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo 1.9m view | 2mo ago | 2hr long (buckle in, documentary by a couple young goofball brothers)
leros 11mo ago
I want something more gamified. I want to go on missions or complete challenges or something. Not just identity and log stuff.
- xandrius 11mo ago
  I'll think of ways to bridge the virtual world with the real world birding one. Let me know if you have any ideas for that :)

Freeboots 11mo ago

I guess it's not intensely gamified, but I have a couple friends at like 80-90% on Merlin. It's their excuse to travel and live abroad

araes 11mo ago

Not sure if this meets your criteria, yet iNaturalist [1] is kind of "gamified". Has a rather large "bird" taxon observation amount. 38,393,861 observations, 11,165 species, 1,130,700 observers, 188,988 identifiers (people who identify species from your pictures) When Romania announced that the Lesser Kestrel had returned after 100 years iNaturalist actually had several of the observations in the nearby area. [2] [1] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_id=3 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_i... [2] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_id=59845 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_i...

nickthebirder 11mo ago

This is actually exactly what I’ve been working on as a passion project for the last year and a half: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wings-whistles/id6503321263 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wings-whistles/id6503321263 It’s basically a gamified version of Merlin. Would love any and all feedback! Birdle Go seems really cool, very impressed and would love to test that!

leros 11mo ago
Any chance you'll release an android version?
- nickthebirder 11mo ago
  Yes! I’m aiming to release it by January at the latest. I’m using tflite rather than coreml so that the transition is easier.