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Cam Crain

Lightdogs - Collect dogs by staying productive

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Lightdogs is a collectibles game powered by a focus timer. It's designed to be the funnest focus timer ever! Earn points by unplugging, and use them to collect, evolve, and breed genetically-engineered super dogs.

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Cam Crain
Maker
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Cam, the founder of Sapien, the startup behind Lightdogs. I love my phone. I see it as a loyal sidekick, and I'm continually amazed by the way it augments my brain. But I've also found it really hard to not let it be a constant interruption and general time sink. The average smartphone user in America spends over 5 hours a day on their mobile devices (http://bit.ly/2VFDk9k), and almost all of that time goes to unproductive apps. That's 1/3rd of our waking hours, every single day! Lots of us feel really bad about that, but it can be bafflingly hard to unplug. The things we do on our smartphones are addictive, and for most, will power alone isn't enough to find balance. Humans are really bad at passing up short-term pleasure for long-term benefits. The idea behind Lightdogs is to create short-term pleasure that ALIGNS with your long-term benefit. We use the brain hacks of gamification and virtual pets to supplement your willpower and help you unplug when you want. I'd really love to hear any ideas you have for how we could make the app more motivating. What can we do that would help you unplug more often?
Ryan Hoover
I know you want ta corgi, @suzywillow.
Cam Crain
Maker
@suzywillow @rrhoover This is our corgiest breed, a mix between a Flurry and a Lohound! https://imgur.com/OL6gu9m
Anna Filou
Cute but will there be an Android version?
Cam Crain
Maker
@anna_0x Hopefully soon! When we start to gain some traction on iOS we'll expand into Android.
Anna Filou
@camcrain cool! I really like Tamagotchis, this style of graphics and I’m always looking for productivity apps so this seems like a great match 😆👍🏻 Hope to see you in the play store soon
Cam Crain
Maker
@anna_0x Haha, awesome. See you there!
Aaron O'Leary
@emilyjsnowdon just incase you are on the lookout for a new app to help stayed focused.
Julien Chaumond
Wow the 3d models are really nice. What's the story behind the company, @camcrain? Is this your first product? What's the long term vision?
Cam Crain
Maker
@julien_c Thanks, Julien! Our 3D artist, David Beran, is a super talented guy and really brought the vision to life. Sapien is a young company, about a year old, and this is our first product. Our mission is to make consumer tech that increases human fulfilment. A lot of what we think about is how to align short-term interests with long-term interests. I think that's the biggest bottleneck for fulfilment, all the short-term temptations that make us act against our own interests. In this case, we're using virtual pets as the short-term reward that helps you unplug so you can spend your time in ways you won't regret. We're focused on Lightdogs for now, but have some other stuff percolating that we're really excited about. As for the vision for Lightdogs, we want to build it out into a feature-rich focus timer, add more breeds (and different species), and make the creatures more interactive. Eventually, we'd like to use different inputs to grow your collection, like exercise and meditation!
herocubus
Well done !
Duy Tran
Interesting!
Elizabeth
So... @Trello meets #PokemonGo? Please be that. The world needs that. @camcrain
Cam Crain
Maker
@trello @elizabethhunker It's a great idea! I definitely believe that this mechanism could motivate a wide range of behaviours that are hard to self motivate.
Lily Prou

I hope you take note of some ideas i shared in the cons section!

Pros:

The graphics and the thought of this game are excellent!Whenever I'm stressed or on my phone too much i always use this app!

Cons:

It can get a bit repetitive and boring so i would love if you could maybe dress, pet, teach tricks, play or take photos with the dogs!!

Lily Prou
I love this app it is so productive! I use it whenever i can to make me do my chores, homework etc... what i would like to see is maybe a “play mode” where you can generate jouels for tricks, accessories for your pets and make yourself as a character (as shown on the start when you first get the app) and take photos with your dogs to show off to your friends! I hope you take note of some of my ideas i love your gane so much!!
Agnes Au
This app is amazing! Not only is it free unlike other similar apps, it also uses gamification to make productivity fun to achieve. I have a suggestion for the app: @camcrain the 3D models are amazing, but the dogs look a little rigid and lifeless. If you could add an animation for them when users tap on them, it would really make the dogs look more lively and adorable! Thank you for creating this wonderful app, it’s an absolute game changer for me.