ptz ,
@ptz@dubvee.org avatar
  1. That would be really cool and show just how much of your local area you forget is there. You'd be encouraged to get out and explore like you said.
  2. It would be really depressing (for me) since it would mostly be a fog with a little clearing around my house 😆
Vitaly OP ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

haha lol

mozz ,

Quite a while ago I decided, for what reason I don't know, to take Dwarf Fortress's exported fully-populated world, translate it through a layer of LLM to obfuscate all the races to new fantasy races and create outlandish points of interest, and put the whole thing in a renderer that could dynamically move around and zoom to create a nicely rendered watercolor-style map for a massive explorable TTRPG type world.

I gave up the idea when it was like 1% done but if you'd like to have any of the nonsense I created in case there's something useful you can turn it into, you're welcome to it. It's in Python.

Vitaly OP ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

I'm probably gonna be using flutter because I want to learn it, I started two days ago and I like it so far

GammaGames ,
@GammaGames@beehaw.org avatar

This exists! https://fogofworld.app/

It’s a great idea, yours sounds a bit more restricted in viewing which I think is cool

Vitaly OP ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

great, thanks...
now i have less motivation to work on it💀💀💀

GammaGames ,
@GammaGames@beehaw.org avatar

Oh no 😅 this app has been around for over a decade so I’d be curious what a modern version would look like

averyminya ,

FWIW I don't want to pay $30, so you still have a market!

There's also an app for iPhone that's similar, called Super Local. Don't let it get you down -- look at what features these are missing and implement your own! All sorts of visual designs, custom mapping, all kinds of stuff could be done :)

Vitaly OP ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

thanks for the motivation!

sfera ,

Then work on one generating heatmaps instead fog-of-war!

d3Xt3r ,

You could make yours a Geocaching app with fog-of-war. They've got an API for third-party apps too, so it should be easy enough to develop, and actually fun to play.

If you're feeling ambitious, add some RTS elements like from Age of Empires - eg if you add someone as your ally, you can share their line of sight. Finding certain types of caches, or POIs, increases your resources (gold/stone/food/wood - maybe visiting Pizza Hut gives you extra food lol). And with these resources, you could build virtual structures like castles etc. Other players could spend resources to take it down (but they need to be physically at that location), and you could spend resources to defend your building.

Kinda like Ingress basically, but with medieval/RTS elements and geocaching thrown into the mix. How's that for a challenge? :)

Kissaki ,
@Kissaki@beehaw.org avatar

Experience a Richer Life Today

What a slogan for an app that hides away surroundings :D

akrz ,

There’s a startup in Switzerland working on something similar: https://mapuncover.com/

They also publish papers on it, since it’s a university start up.

I think they don’t have the fog of war feature, but I think it’s interesting! If you are somewhat familiar with the academic space and interested in collaborating with them, you could maybe reach out to them?

Vitaly OP ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

why do you need a startup for this?

akrz ,

It’s not mine lol idk

Kissaki ,
@Kissaki@beehaw.org avatar

It's a great, fun/funny idea!

Assessment of your question depends on your goals. It's not something I myself would invest time in, but it sounds like a fun project that some people may even be interested in using as a form of exploring areas/their surroundings.

Vitaly OP ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

That will be my college project(probably), and I have been thinking about it for a while

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