An on-line bike touring game

[raybo]

I've created an on-line bike touring game that I call Armchair Biketouring.

 

My goal in creating the game was to give people an idea of what bike touring is like without all that annoying bicycling! If you are an experienced bike tourists (as some of the people on this site are), you may find that the game doesn't match your experience.

 

As such, I should let you know that, due to design choices, the game doesn't allow stealth camping. Also, food can be purchased from a grocery store but no allowance is made for cooking. So, a player can't buy bags of rice and beans for $6 and live on it for a week. But, since you aren't spending real money, it shouldn't hurt too much to "splurge" a bit!

 

I have included weather, terrain, scenery, calorie usage and consumption, bonking, places to sleep, flat tires, broken spokes, budgets, and road angels. I wrote an article about the game, if you'd like more information about it.

 

I'd be interested in any feedback on it.

 

To run the game, use the link in the first line or this direct link: http://www.biketouringtips.com/ArmchairBikeTouring .

 

Ray

[The Saint]

3292 points - is that any good for the first tour only?

Edited February 15, 2011 by The Saint

[raybo]

3292 would put you in third place of all the people who have submitted a score for finishing 1 tour.

 

By the way, the game will tell you this when you submit your score.

 

Ray

[RudoJ]

quickly tried it,,,,got around 2650 on first try, nice,

[MTB_Roadie]

-1250?

[Prozac]

3822 ? (good/bad ?)

[raybo]

3822 ? (good/bad ?)

 

Here are the top 10 scores after completing 1 tour (as of Feb. 16, 2011):

 

2983

3075

3122

3179

3320

3324

3488

3608

4008

4212

 

Again, the game will tell you your ranking and display this table when you save your score. Why didn't you save your score? It was a good one!

 

Ray