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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, I have! From development standpoint, building integrations with each of the manufacturer is not really an option for us right now, a it’s both a lot of work and we can’t afford to buy the devices to test it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you so much!

  Depending on how the legislations now post-DMA go, it might be possible to also handle payments throughout our Portal instead of app stores. The app stores, especially Apple’s, has still a bunch of rules in their ToS about this where they might remove the game entirely if you’re not using their payment system. Android is slightly more lenient on this regard though.

  The cuts Patreon already takes (a whopping 14% in total, after which we then play VAT) already affects us enough that I would definitely love to rather have my own systems, but also they offer a lot of convenience to the users that we couldn’t at this point.

  But overall it would be great if we could provide a direct payment system straight from Portal, as we could price that one also significantly cheaper than using Google’s or Apple’s systems when we don’t need to pay their cuts. It’s something I really want to do to be able to make the pricing as affordable as possible, and everything depends on if it’s both feasible and allowed by the app stores. But can’t promise this, as there are a lot of factors in play whether it’s feasible to provide our own systems and if it’s allowed by the biggest stores.

  When it comes to direct APK downloads, maybe if we can get a good pipeline for those. I think the most realistic option is that we’ll pick the one for an “extra release pipeline” that we can automate most easily to our current systems. Could be Aurora Store, F-Droid or some other depending on what kind of automation options they offer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Recording API is local only and doesn’t require a Google account

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I changed my mind, and created one here: https://lemmy.world/c/walkscape

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I created one actually, here: https://lemmy.world/c/walkscape

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I created an official community for the game here on Lemmy here after many people asked for it. For official development blogs, I still recommend to check WalkScape Portal as I can’t promise we can post them here as well. But we’ll see!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Managing two release pipelines is already a lot, and we currently don’t really have the time for supporting yet another one when 99.9% of users are fine with AppStore and Google Play. It’s something I’ll probably figure out at some point when we have enough time for that though!

  And yeah, only relies on Google’s Recording API which is part of the services. It’s really annoying that they made (just recently) the pedometer APIs part of Google Services, but I can’t really change that either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As far as I know, it’s possible somehow. We currently don’t have enough resources to manage additional release pipelines, so it’s definitely tricky at the moment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Congratulations, and welcome! Have fun walking and remember to stay hydrated ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you ❤️ I hope you and you’ll partner will enjoy the game and have fun time walking together!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t work as of now, but this feature is something we’re well aware a lot of people need, and high in our priority. We’re just waiting for Google to get their tech together so we can start supporting it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is by design. You don’t lose your steps, but you’ll need to walk to consume them. When you walk with saved steps, you gain 2 steps every step you take, taking one out from the saved steps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! A limited queue system and notifications are both planned to be added in the next update.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s available even now during Closed Beta for iOS as well!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No problem, and glad to have you! No official lemmy community, but you can check our Discord or WalkScape Portal for now ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re accepting more people throughout the wave, and there’s a good chance to get invited still (the wave ends on Oct 6th)!

  Thanks for letting me know, the redirect link likely has some old stuff in it, and that page should direct without /home. Will be fixing it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no progress without walking, all of the progress is tied to steps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not necessarily, but in order to use map data, you’ll pretty much need it. This is why all of the GPS games require a connection, as they’ll download map data and cache your current surrounding areas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Currently no, but it’s the most frequently asked feature and planned to be added. Google decided to kill Google Fit APIs, which delayed our efforts on that front for a while as they replaced those with Health Connect that isn’t working too well at the moment, but hopefully will be fixed by Google soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There will be no MTX or P2W!

  And there are quite a lot of things to do in the game already. I recommend to explore the starting area, and there’s nothing stopping you from planning things you want to do. If you’re feeling a little bit lost (which I totally get, the game is still lacking a proper tutorial and starting quests) I recommend to check the wiki. There are guides there also how to make money. The NPCs don’t pay pretty much anything for early game unprocessed materials, but there are several ways of gaining coins. You can also get past the Fort of Permafrost by going under water and skipping paying for the toll entirely, for which you’ll need to find Diving Gear.

  Thanks for the feedback! ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cheers, and thank you for supporting the developmemt! Remember to link your BMAC to your WalkScape account and you’ll get access! ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for letting me know, and welcome! ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, and no problem! Reception here has been awesome for the project. I also actually developed my own Reddit alternative just for the game, which is the WalkScape Portal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you so much for supporting the development! You should’ve received an email that has instructions to link your BMAC on your account page. When you link your account there, you should receive download instructions either almost immediately (sometimes might take couple of hours for our automated system, but usually faster).

  Happy walking, and remember to stay hydrated ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Awesome, glad to help. And thanks for joining ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you! Privacy is definitely the biggest concern, but also GPS requires apps to be opened to register anything, and it kills the battery quite quickly (and requires active internet connection).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha, fresh feet to the game! Welcome, and I hope you enjoy it. Have fun walking, and remember to stay hydrated ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you, I hope you like it ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Discord link is sometimes quite buggy, and I don’t know why exactly. I think our channel can now be searched for in the communities, maybe give that a shot? Or try this one: discord.com/invite/8F5CWpUc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Offline mode will launch when we go to open beta. Dueing Closed Beta, there’s only the online mode (as that’s what needs the most testing due).