One of the biggest inconveniences for gamers are the little chores and errands that must be done to maintain a normal lifestyle. These take away from time better spent blowing up zombies or twisting your brain around mind-bending puzzles. EpicWin's goal is to mix the two, thereby giving you a sense of accomplishment for real-life achievements.
EpicWin first sets you up with one of five avatars, two of which are in-app purchases. These are purely aesthetic so there is no obligation to purchase the happy tree or bodybuilding CEO for $0.99. Our avatar of choice was the skeleton.
Then you set up a real-life to-do list in the game. Here you can create one-time or recurring tasks, and choose whether they're feats of strength, stamina, intellect, social, or spirit. You can also determine how many epic points you'll deserve for completing them. Then there’s a character page where you can see how your character’s stats are building up.
Earning epic points for completing self-set goals moves your character along on a map. You’ll occasionally run across loot, which is automatically added to your collection.
We’ve been playing with the app for several hours and have already seen an uptick in our productivity. It’ll launch at 8 p.m. PST/11 p.m. EST tonight for $2.99. We’ll post a link to the App Store when it’s available. In the meantime, check out the comical trailer below.
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Despite the fact it relies on the persons honesty to work it sounds like a great idea :)
True, although if you just toy around with it it's your $3 to waste ;)
Can't wait! I was really hoping for it to be $0.99 since I only have $3 left in my iTunes account (I have to buy another card) but that's fine with me. I keep trying to get in touch with the developers so I can get a promo code when it launches so I can review it on my app review YouTube channel and Twitter @AppTactics.
Well, this seems too easy. I'll just fill up my todo list with all the games I'm going to play, and check them off as I finish them.
Yeah, incidentally, if you think playing games are chores, it is easy to get things done.
How's the dinner, laundry, dishes, vacuuming and house cleaning coming along btw?
No?
Thought so.
Cheater.
I am deliberately not doing chores until I can load them into this game.
Wow.. What a spoilsport!
this looks very interesting, may have to pick it up
I have to say after poking around for a few minutes I'm a bit disappointed. It really just seems like a glorified to-do list, and I find that writing down chores on a scrap of paper works just as well and is a lot faster. It's partly a notebook app, and partly a feel-good self-esteem app.
Thought I'd chip in and say that I absolutely love this app. Sure, it isn't a full blown game (as I think Andrew was expecting), but it brings a factor of entertainment to the grueling tasks of real life. Certainly worth buying if this is the kind of incentive you need.
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