Morty, the motivational squirrel wants to make you a healthier person

Genre: Fitness app Developer: Worldiety Platform: iOS & Android Release: Beginning 2022

1997 . On the radio Tic Tac Toe about Mister Important, the new A-Class of Mercedes tilts the elktest and a small electric toy from Japan conquers the school yards. As a pet for the trouser bag, the Tamagotchi enthuses children around the world and drives parents and teachers alike in the madness.

In the present, the Oldenburg software company Worldiety uses the memory of the cult toys now as inspiration for your new mobile app: Morty - the motivational squirrel. It was in the model but especially the needs of your digital chicks, this time it is the focus. We explain how that should work.

Tamagotchi meets fitness app

You may know that. The FitnessTracker cheer us, because we run 5000 steps, our health insurance offers us with points to the precautionary examination and the loyalty program of the nearby supermarket promises a bonus for the next purchase. As a reward, badges, cashbacks and a pot set.

All these are good examples of gamification, transferring game-typical elements and processes to clear spirits. And exactly this principle want to connect the developers' inside from Worldiety with that of the well-known Tamagotchis.

At the center are the Mortys, small croissants, and their needs. Unlike the Tamagotchi, we can only satisfy them by achieving self-stuck targets. To determine the ones, we choose a Morty and one of five categories.

For example, we decided for more movement or healthier diet, we can refine our intentions and determine our intentions on which weekdays we want to do what task. Examples of this can be a ten minute walk on Monday or reaching a step goal on Tuesday.

Let's do the task, beckons a reward and the daily need of our Mortys is breastfed. Let's miss the goal, we get a second chance, remains unused, we can only impress the Morty with a nut, and hinder it on the way out. Nuts are a kind of premium currency that you can also relate to the respective app store. So there will be microtransactions.

Who should take a closer look at Morty

A special feature is the involvement of these game mechanics in a narrative framework. In this we help the Mortys at the rescue of the home forest. If this succeeds, the holiday in the "Morty Resort" is waving and us the review of our statistics. The story brings an additional level into the game and should be another motivation for the set goals.

The app is directed with its motivational approach, especially adults with appropriate intentions, but could also be interesting due to the cute look and history for children. How extensive the story aspect fails and whether the concept works, we can find out from the beginning of 2022, because then the game should appear for free for iOS and Android.

Kevin Itzinger @ aldred138

The independent approach sounds interesting, the look seems consistent and the story could work as an additional motivation. However, with the help of a premium currency, we can be vacated from our responsibility, but will appear counterproductive. In addition, the temptation consists of achieving the achievement of individual goals in favor of progress only.

"Whether the motivationals can win the fight against the domestic sofa and the next chocolate bar, so it must first show. As with all free games, still remains to be seen how microtransactions and advertising are installed. Everything is okay at this front, I like to give the Mortys the chance to compete against my inner pig dog.