Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a virtual garden

Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a v... by pgt on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:00AM (#44104855)

When I read the Show HN title, I figured this would would scatter seeds on a virtual map and when you run it "waters them" so you can see a garden on a map similar to Strava.

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Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a v... by kawsper on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:09AM (#44104898)

Me too!

Combining something like CityStrides with a virtual garden would be a great idea!

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Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a v... by freetonik on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:31AM (#44105004)

Exactly my thoughts as well :) I was hoping the app would allow me to transform the bare map into a garden.

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Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a v... by Utkarshn101 on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:40AM (#44105057)

I can actually add this in future updates. Where you run and the path will be shown having flowers and grass and it will look like each step you took planted something and then you can share it. I am currently working on the share run feature.

The idea of the garden is also the same where you run to unlock a plant and tree for your garden.

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Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a v... by aa-jv on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @06:28AM (#44105570)

The folks at artificial museum [1] would probably provide a good model for how to do this - I could imagine running around in their dataspace, planting seeds which grow over time.

[1] https://artificialmuseum.com/

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Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a v... by dopidopHN on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @06:45AM (#44105638)

I do that in real life. Currently with luffa seeds.

Much more fun than any app could be.

I don’t water them regularly but I run with twines and a bottle of fertilizer.

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Re:Show HN: I made a running app that turns your runs to a v... by sumo89 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @10:44AM (#44116570)

I was thinking something like those idle phone games with a virtual garden that gets more plants the more time you've logged.

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