Walking Game - Explora

The app is fun and it truly makes me walk more. If you don’t mind spending a few bucks it is even more fun! This developer really cares about users experiences and keeping cheats at bay. Without a good developer, this would be frustrating. He is also active on the discord board. THANK YOU Lucoss!

The app is a fun concept of using your steps as motivation to unlock and collect characters as avatars. In some ways reminds me of the tamagotchi craze from back in the day. But just like the tamagotchi, if you’re not around on the app regularly (in this case as the last thing you do for the day before bed) you don’t get to collect your steps for the day and have to pay to collect yesterday’s steps, or break your streak and lose XP. This is disappointing and frustrating which takes the fun out of using the app, reducing the chances of me returning tomorrow. My steps update automatically on my phone, the should be allowed to be collected the day after for Xp if not for the challenges, which I understand have to be on a time clock.

This app is a lot of fun. I enjoy seeing the little creatures and working to collect them. I also like the leveling goals. The app can be improved by giving the user more information about the actual place they are trying to go to while leveling. For example, the Mount Elbrus Ascent, include a description of where it is, what it is famous for, etc. minimally even a link to somewhere online we can get more information. This way we can easily learn a little bit about the destination. Some people may ignore this, others like me, will be into it. I would also like a way to revisit the destinations, levels, I have already attained. I wanted to go back and look at the pictures but didn’t have a way to do this. Maybe have a “map” that shows the destinations you have completed, and allowed you to click on them and see the picture and read the description. This give another collecting aspect to the game. You also have a lot opportunities to display inspiring quotes. For example, when a user logs their steps why not have a random inspirational quote pop-up. Again, many people may ignore this, but some, like me, will be inspired. Don’t make this another “step” requiring additional buttons to push, instead make the current interface features a bit smaller. As it is, a lot of the buttons and graphics are huge, they can be made a bit smaller and still retain their functionality while providing room for other things. This is another way to help people improve their lives and perhaps by this improve the lives of the people around them. Thanks again for a fun app, I look forward to seeing how it improves over time.