Hopscotch

@willydennis @oneyenjug Congrats, Will! Looks awesome :)

@kelseymwhelan @willydennis @oneyenjug thanks Kelsey!

@willydennis @oneyenjug Awesome seeing this go from idea to fruition! looks great!

@willydennis @oneyenjug Very cool can you guys add FS, Yelp, FB, integration so we can get points for all the places I have been :(

@johnnyquachy @oneyenjug something we're considering for upcoming builds. thanks Johnny!

@nbashaw is exploring like a mad man! good luck taking him down :) Love you asking the tough questions @rrhoover, haha! It was definitely a painful decision to move away from Hollerback but I believe it was the right one. Our team looks to build products that are unique and have the potential, if they resonate, to be massive. After looking at our numbers and competition (SnapChat, FB Messenger, iMessage all released similar features within a 2-3 week period) it became hard to see a way to really break through the noise. In consumer mobile I think one of the most important questions mass market consumers need answered (for word of mouth to really hit) is "How is this significantly different from everything else that's out there?" That question became really hard for us to answer. So we've been building and testing fresh ideas from there. Hopscotch is just something we wanted to exist. Hopefully there are others who like it too. Who knows, we may have a few more products coming around the bend :)

@willydennis #respect. Consumer social is competitive space and within it, photo/video-based apps are crowded. Even if you make a kickass product, breaking through the noise (press, paid acquisition, app store rankings, etc.) is a challenge. I love the fog of war metaphor you're playing with here. It's giving me Starcraft flashbacks. How are you measuring engagement and success since this is an app that's mostly used in the background track your movements?

@rrhoover painfully true - though PH is helping with the noise. #brownnosing engagement is a tough one for the reasons you mentioned, right now we're looking at app opens plus general usage (are people's points increasing steadily? do power users seem to be emerging?). definitely rough right now but we'll be looking to refine over time as we see how/when people are using.

@bramk thanks!

@d2burke hey daniel, thanks or asking! we actually considered scattering cash around the map for people to find, but decided against it for now :) we've also discussed "discoveries" which could be recommended venues, notes left by other users, discounts, multimedia, etc that are hidden around the world and unlocked when you're in that physical space. what do you think would keep you sticking around?

@willydennis there are a few apps in the space and I haven't seen a lot of traction. I think focusing on the gaming aspects would lead to more stickiness but maybe that's just me :)

@dannyjespinoza thanks danny!

@willydennis @dannyjespinoza here's one that couldn't make it work (https://twitter.com/gethover) and another that is still working on it I guess (http://popupapp.co/)

@willydennis @d2burke Seems people are really excited about ephemeral as well as anonymous messaging. It would be pretty interesting to see a sort of location-based "Whisper". There are few apps that involve people leaving notes or breadcrumbs at locations and they seem to be gaining at least some traction. Maybe there's something there.

@lee94josh thanks Joshua!

@jocelynleavitt :)

@AndyTheGiant ideally some motivation is provided but not necessarily tied to "fitness." there are a lot of great apps that quantify your exercise, we're more interested in quantifying your exploring. definitely a lot of overlap, my favorite way to explore does happen to be biking. maybe fitness will emerge as a core motivation/use case.