“maxing” an oldschool runescape account is notoriously hard, only the sweatiest of gamers dedicating hundreds of days of play time can pull it off. This is because 1 to 99 is almost an exponential curve. Getting level 92 is only half way to 99, and 92 is quite difficult to achieve, not to mention for all skills.

It has become somewhat of a nostalgic goal for a lot of gamers who played runescape as a kid, which is why it is still popular today 20+ years later.

I have a fun app idea where you use the same leveling curve but for personal and fitness goals. Max your real character instead.

Walking and moving around would give you some base xp/hr, like maybe 10k xp per hour. This is pretty standard for a low effort skill grind in osrs. Running and hiking could be 50k xp/hr. 99 is 13 million experience. Hook it into apple watch to count this xp automatically.

Gotta gamify it to get sweaty gamers to go touch grass. Habitica exists but I want the runescape grind 😆 maybe I’m weird.

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I would use this, because I'm a 40 something nerd with a gut.

it has been shown that people with adhd need continuous goals and feedback, i feel like a lot of fitness apps don’t take advantage of this fact, and why people with adhd get hooked on video games instead

Excellent idea. Lots of cool skills/side quest options too

I love this idea 🔥

I feel personally attacked 🤣

There is WalkScape.app which is inspired by RuneScape.

Jagex, the creator of RuneScape, also developed Melvor Idle, but it’s not a fitness/activity game.

Whoa walkscape looks cool. Will check it out.

I’m slowly getting to my first 99. It may be cooking because it’s breeze and I can afk Jug of Wines while on the bus, etc. I always wanted mining to be my first 99 but it’s a bitch of a grind.

Mining, woodcutting, and fishing are the most based pacifist 99s to get.

Firemaking is super easy and chill with wintertodt as well, plus the cape looks cool. May go for that.

p2p scum

Can’t max in f2p 🤣

Yea you’re right. 😔

Once you get 90 woodcutting it’s the most AFK by far at redwoods. Star mining is a close second but there is the world hopping a star locating to consider.

Gotta incorporate lifting somehow for those of us that are allergic to cardio!

Yeah this would just be higher xp rates