Building an app — it's a travel guide but kind of a game too

Hey, first time here — already seeing some really cool stuff on this platform.

Honestly kind of inspired seeing everyone grinding to make their ideas real.

Anyway, I'm building something. It's a travel guide app, but kind of like a game too.

The idea is pretty simple — when you're walking around a city, there are so many places that look cool but have zero explanation. No context, no story. So I wanted to make an app where you can pull up an audio guide for any place, in whatever language you speak.

Not just the obvious stuff like the Eiffel Tower — more like the historically fascinating places that most people walk past without even knowing. Could even be the street right outside your house.

Now the obvious question is: how do you create guides for every single place? Answer: let the users do it. Wiki-style. Anyone can upload a guide for any location.

But pure wiki + utility feels a bit dry, so I added game elements — points, titles, quests, rankings, likes and comments on guides. Stuff like: visit 50+ places in one city and you unlock "Honorary Local." Explore enough bakeries in Paris and you get "Baker of Paris." Cheesy but intuitive — and if you're the type who cares about rankings, suddenly you have a reason to actually go places and explore properly.

Feature-wise it's mostly done, currently connecting the backend.

Why did I build this? I live in Europe, love travelling, and every time I see something interesting I'm too lazy to Google it — especially when everything's written in a foreign language (I'm Korean, so).

The app should be ready pretty soon, so now I'm in marketing mode — running a waitlist at the moment. If it sounds interesting, feel free to check it out → [waitlist link]

Also on Instagram → [instagram link]

Rooting for everyone here doing their thing. Gonna give it my best shot too.

Ps. and here's what it looks like so far 👇