This app initially starts with a quiz that will determine the intensity of the training program that the Fort Fitness app will dynamically setup for the user. It will ask about the user about his/her height, weight, current activity level, intensity preferences, goals and other relevant questions. The app will then give the users its first quest which is to place the Fort in their home, which will be the users main hub.

The second quest will be to place an outpost a certain distance away from the Fort. This is the first step towards making a personal network of outposts that the user will eventually walk/jog/run between. Virtual challengers will then appear randomly at these outposts after a certain time period and a minimum quota of outposts have been fulfilled. The app is from this point fully set up for the user. Quests from this on may include moving certain outposts to a new place in order to maintain the outpost variety.

Mock-up of Fort Fitness right after placing the Fort

• Edvin Gammelsæter

FortFitness is an application (app) for your smart-phone. You might wonder what this app is all about! Let me give you a quick introduction:

Our goal is to develop an app that will encourage people to walk more. We want to achieve this through the game mechanics more commonly associated with resource management games. The user will start by defining their starting point, also known as their fortress (hence the app name). The user will then have to establish a watch-post a certain distance from their fort. To establish this outpost they must walk, as it must be built at the location where the user actually is. They will later be encouraged to construct more outposts. To be able to build these, the user will need to gather points. They will be able to accumulate these points by walking. After an outpost has been established it will start to gather certain resources that can be used to further expand the users territory. To collect the resources the user must physically walk from their fortress and to their outpost. The resources in addition to the points generated by walking will be used to upgrade the constructions made by the user and their fort. The physical steps the user makes will also contribute to them gaining levels and give them access to new constructions and skills.

We intend for this app to give users the added motivation they need to get out and move, and eventually through exercise and positive reinforcement, they’ll be able to keep this lifestyle going on their own!

(More details to follow in subsequent posts!)

• Eirik J. Henriksen