Creating a physical activity motivator as a video game main mechanic

Abstract

My Final Degree Project consists in creating an original game in which the physical activity is an important mechanic, so it motivates the player to do physical exercise in order to fully enjoy the game. The project is composed by two parts then: one of them is the game itself, which can be played on the computer; the other one is a mobile application responsible for counting the user steps in real life. The main idea is to use those counted steps as points in the game to exchange them for different upgrades for the character and additional help for the player. This document details everything related to this work: game assets and design, game programming, pedometer functionality for the app, as well as updating data from a mobile app to a computer game.