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Thinking back to 2016 when Pogo launched there were news stories about trespassing, people getting hurt etc for virtual creatures... I could easily see someone be foolish enough to go up to predators
Even though we warn users in the onboarding to take care in the wild, TikTok and similar platforms have shown people acting foolishly is not something you can fully control
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Definitely soon, we just wanted to build a version that everyone can use regardless of income. Unfortunately inference costs means we needed something (ads) to keep the servers online. Out of curiosity what would you say is a fair price for this?
I would not pay monthly but I would pay lifetime like 10 or 20 bucks. Seek is free and good so if I’m paying for the fun aspect I would probably cap out around $20 Edit: might even be able to pull off like $10/yr but I’m increasingly tired of those as well
Why not iNaturalist?
iNaturalist is great for identification and information, but it lacked the fun and soul we were looking for. It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it, it feels like you’re in biology class (no hate to them). Wildex gives you cute fun facts and lets you build up points for rare species finds. It feels like a completely different experience.
That's a feature, not a bug. Gamifying nature is a bad idea. It's tourism, but with the worst kind of tourists.
No go with all the tracking.
As per apple guidelines you can request us not to track and the app of course respects that.
The location data is used only for helping us narrow down the collection species!
Thinking back to 2016 when Pogo launched there were news stories about trespassing, people getting hurt etc for virtual creatures... I could easily see someone be foolish enough to go up to predators
We thought about this and specifically decided not to award xp based on an animals danger rating. Even though we warn users in the onboarding to take care in the wild, TikTok and similar platforms have shown people acting foolishly is not something you can fully control
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iNaturalist is great for identification and information, but it lacked the fun and soul we were looking for. It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it, it feels like you’re in biology class (no hate to them). Wildex gives you cute fun facts and lets you build up points for rare species finds. It feels like a completely different experience.
> It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it That's a feature, not a bug. Gamifying nature is a bad idea. It's tourism, but with the worst kind of tourists.
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iNaturalist is great for identification and information, but it lacked the fun and soul we were looking for. It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it, it feels like you’re in biology class (no hate to them). Wildex gives you cute fun facts and lets you build up points for rare species finds. It feels like a completely different experience.
> It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it That's a feature, not a bug. Gamifying nature is a bad idea. It's tourism, but with the worst kind of tourists.
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> It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it That's a feature, not a bug. Gamifying nature is a bad idea. It's tourism, but with the worst kind of tourists.
At the same time, learning doesn't have to be boring. Most people don't care about the family/class/genus lineage. They just want to know a) what it is, b) some other interesting facts. Sure, have a link to the drudgery, but having something fun/interesting that gets/keeps people excited about going outside and enjoying nature is not a bad idea. Just because gamifying has been used for bad by others doesn't mean it's…
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We thought about this and specifically decided not to award xp based on an animals danger rating. Even though we warn users in the onboarding to take care in the wild, TikTok and similar platforms have shown people acting foolishly is not something you can fully control
Do you put up anything when ID'ing a dangerous situation like "RUUUUUN!!!" or similar? Maybe a more serious idea would be to give some sort of visual indication of danger vs loading some text to read that says it's dangerous.
So hopefully people will get the memo immediately!