EpicWin Is Now Available On The AppStore

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/epicwin/id372927221?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

by matthewphiong • 16 years ago

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enanoretozon• 16 years ago

grinding RL is such a chore, I think I'll buy an account instead

cswetenham• 16 years ago

I've not read it, but I think you're looking for "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferriss

amichail2• 16 years ago

Anyone find that RPGs don't seem like a natural/obvious/fundamental game genre -- they are more like an accident of history?

People who have not followed their ancestors in game evolution would probably find RPGs strange and arbitrary.

Gianteye3• 16 years ago

I always thought that RPG's make their impact by giving people a constant stream of small, finite rewards. Growing numbers and flashing lights are something that just seems to fill people with an addictive pleasure, e.g. slot machines.

What strikes you as unnatural about RPG's? Do you think there will be some kind of generational shift where their popularity will wane?

amichail2• 16 years ago

The stats, character classes, etc. are strange. There is no reason why a game should appear so complicated and require so much assumed knowledge.

Moreover, there seems to be way too much stuff to collect. And if keeping the right stuff is important, it's not at all clear what the tradeoffs are.

The quests tend to be rather similar and are not much fun.

There's also too much grinding.

BTW, I also find RTS games to be strange... sure they are a natural progression beyond games like chess, but they are not as fundamental as chess. There's too much to learn and it's not obvious why people would find them fun.

pavlov• 16 years ago

Strange is a word that doesn't mean very much. (My grandfather uses it a lot: for him, any food that's not obviously salty or sweet is simply "strange.")

There are few things in culture that are natural or fundamental. Except for brief periods of "cultural purification" such as the Akhnaten period in Ancient Egypt and 20th century Western modernism, civilizations seem to have a tendency towards more complex artistic forms that will appear strange and arbitrary to an observer who doesn't understand the context.

For example, I can't follow Japanese Noh theatre, but it's not inherently any more "difficult" than some piece in London's West End -- both require a huge amount of cultural background to be understood.

kiba• 16 years ago

I am reminded to work on my own RPG/life improvement hybrid web application.

Gianteye3• 16 years ago

I'd actually love the same kind of app for finances. It would be pretty easy to set short term goals automatically using Mint or another financial service.

mcgraw• 16 years ago

I was actually thinking about how this might work while on my way to work this morning.

Gianteye3• 16 years ago

It's kind of a fun concept. Your scores are your money. I suppose it would also be good to have a levels system where you gain xp or ranks for juggling your finances well. You set goals for yourself, do daily tallies that give you a discreet "whistles and bells" review of all your gains and losses. When you meet important goals like making rent this month or paying down your credit card it lets you know what you can go out and buy or do with your remaining income, e.g. "You just paid down INSURANCE today! With your extra cash you can get yourself a BURRITO at UNION BURRITO!"

You could incorporate it with a wishlist so that it alerts when you've got enough to go out and buy that Upper Playground tshirt while still making rent this month.

plasticbugs• 16 years ago

I was waiting for this to arrive. Sadly, they haven't yet optimized the graphics for iPhone 4's retina display, so it has a blurry, pixelated sheen.

gyardley• 16 years ago

A fun application, but still a little rough.

1) The experience required to advance the first level seems quite high. In order to get people hooked, you should give them a quicker reward up front. As it stands it looks like it'll take me a couple of weeks to become a level 2 whatever.

2) The task scheduler needs to be more flexible - at a minimum, including days of the week in the interface, plus the ability to schedule a quest for 'every weekday'.

3) It would be nice to set a standing goal, which can grant experience every time it occurs. I might like to award myself 100 points every time I get positive feedback from a customer, for example - not something I can easily schedule in advance as a 'quest'.

curiousepic• 16 years ago

The dev seems pretty devoted, and also very vocal on his Facebook page at least. There's already an update waiting for review at Apple. Hopefully we're in for some good additions soon.

bradhe• 16 years ago

I'm not sure what's sadder, people that want to make lists and pretend they're playing a video game or people that play a video game that resembles real life in terms of having to complete a list of menial tasks...

chaostheory• 16 years ago

Make it 0.99 and I'll buy without thinking. 2.99 makes me think.

EpicWin Is Now Available On The AppStore

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