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by beerthirty 3483 days 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!
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this-dang-guy 3483 days 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)

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beerthirty 3483 days 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!
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this-dang-guy 3483 days ago
Great! Looking forward to seeing it. Might give me a reason to check out fitbit again :)
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FullMtlAlcoholc 3480 days ago
It would be nice for those without a fitbit device or login to be able to get a preview of the game :)
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