Hi everyone, I’m Michael, the developer of “Ich gehe auf ein Abenteuer!” (German for “I’m going on an adventure!”).

I’m building an Android app that turns everyday steps into a virtual journey through Middle-earth. You can follow routes such as Frodo’s journey to Mordor, explore an illustrated map, and read short stories at the places you reach. The current interface and stories are in German.

My favourite part is revisiting the story through different characters and seeing it from their perspectives. Each walk takes me a little further into their journey, discovering the next part of the story feels like a reward for getting outside.

I’m looking for at least 12 Android testers who can stay opted in for 14 consecutive days, use the app during that time, and share honest feedback. The closed test is free.

Steps are imported through Health Connect, so you need a compatible step-tracking app or device that shares steps with it. Travel distance is estimated from your steps, and journey progress is stored locally. No root required.

To join:

  1. Send me the email address of your Google Play account in a private message, so I can add you to the tester list. Please don’t post it publicly.
  2. Once I’ve confirmed access, opt in to the test.
  3. Install the app from Google Play.

Feedback on Health Connect setup, step syncing after reopening the app, and map controls would be especially useful. If something feels confusing or breaks, I’d like to hear about it.

Thanks for helping me get the app ready!

Screenshots

Frodo’s journey on the illustrated Middle-earth map

Story at a station along Frodo’s journey

Character selection and unlockable journeys

Frodo’s journey on the illustrated Middle-earth map
[–] 16 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

... this is odly nice of you. Sorry, but are you really willing to trust a random internet stranger to store up to 50TB of data on your machines? The data could be literally anything and might put you into trouble 😵‍💫

No offense, just curiosity

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Yeah sorry about #2. Some was lost in autocorrect.

    Here rephrased: 2. Did they actually buy into the Prime Directive? Exploring without interference? If they did, wouldn’t they mostly rely on drones or cloaking tech so they’d never be discovered in the first place, if they go where no man has gone before? Otherwise, they’d just paint a target on their backs for more violent species looking to take advantage of them or their technology. Like "Look, there is species #73647 (i don't want to name your civilization), they have super technology but won't strike back, we just take what we want, no counter attacks!" That could even lead to a story about a century-long space blockade of their home planet: The attacker try to hunger them out. Because their shields are impenetrable. But maybe the planet is a facsimile, an empty place to lure malevolent species away from the true home planet.

    I would definitely read a sci-fi book about a civilization which dedicates itself to complete peacefulness. I believe there is a lot of conflict and story waiting to be unpacked.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I really like the idea, and I am happy to to stumble over this follow up thread. So my questions are not intended as nitpicking or malevolence. Just questions I would have, when reading about the story. Which could also lead to episodes by themselves.

    1. Any kind of defensive system could be used as a weapon; By accident, or by a splinter group of people (or politicians/power hungry). I believe there lays a nice philosophical question for a space lawyer/judge.
    2. Did they buy into the prime directive? Wouldn't the use a lot of drones or cloaking devices to net ever be discovered, because they might become a target of more violent races, which like to take advantage of them or their tech? (Could be about a story about a century long space blockade of their planet. Which is maybe what they used as a bait or Honeypot, while being somewhere else already.
    3. Trading technology is it a big yes or big no? A story about the problems of trading with more dystopian planets. Cheers
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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Thanks, I'll try decent samples. As exchange, here my effects and instruments, which I selected for working good with Linux and Windows

    effects

    • TS overdrive
    • TAL reverb
    • Room reverb
    • Mfm2 from u-he (they are the goat in my opinion)
    • gdelay
    • Flying delay
    • Centaur
    • Boyd
    • Carve

    instruments

    • Tal arppadkeys
    • OS251
    • Monique
    • TyrelN6
    • TrippleCheese
    • Podolski
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