The Game of Life
A fun way to level up your character in real life
Changing your life is hard. Changing long term habits requires daily effort. Fortunately, tools and games can make it easier by reducing that effort, like a booster rocket for your motivation.
Until now, Gyroscope has been a passive and automatic way to track your life. Now that we automatically detect what you do every day and spot potential health problems, our biggest challenge is improving them.
For some people, this means being more active and exercising more frequently. For others, it could mean improving sleep quality or managing stress through meditation. Others may need to adjust their diet and carb intake to avoid getting sick. Helping people change this behavior is more than just a technology problem, but also of motivation and guidance.
To address this, we’re introducing a new game—which is seen in your phone but played in the real world by leveling up your body.
We’ve been inspired by Rocket League, Apple Arcade, Blizzard, Nintendo, and many others. Though we really enjoy playing them, most video games don’t help us much in real life. Rather, they can often promote unhealthy behavior like being sedentary for hours, and often cost a lot of money as well.
Our goal was to use the advanced tracking we’ve built in Gyroscope to create a new experience — one as fun and challenging as your favorite video game, but where leveling up and investing time in the game means you will also live longer and lose weight.
We’re calling it the Game of Life…
How to Play
Each week, 3 or 4 new challenges are unlocked. You have a week to complete as many as you can. Some may be very easy and doable in a few minutes, while others can require hours of effort and may push you to your limits. The difficulty is indicated in the corner, and completing harder ones will be worth more points.
Points?
The points you win in the app can be used to get in-app badges, as well as physical prizes like shirts or stickers. If you skip the small prizes and save up your points, you can even redeem them for an Apple Watch one day.
Check your Progress
You can see at the top how many you’ve successfully completed, and how much time is left until the next ones unlock. Be sure to check in regularly to keep track of your progress, and get credit for the ones you’ve finished.
If you miss completing a challenge one week, don’t worry. You will still be able to complete it by the end of the season. It’s never too late to start!
When is the next season?
The game is divided into seasons. Each one lasts about a month. When a season finishes, you’ll be able to see how you performed and get your points. Then a new season will start and fresh challenges will be released, giving you a clean slate to start over and step up your performance.
Get Started
The Game of Life was available for a limited time in the iPhone app — but is no longer part of the Gyroscope experience.
Stay tuned for new experiences in the latest version…
