The Road to Samarkand

A project in Seattle, WA by David Marques
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An app for showing daily step count in the context of walking the Silk Road.
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Backers: 33
Average Pledge Per Backer: $32

Funded: $1,046 of $300
Dates: May 7th -> Jun 6th (31 days)
Project By: David Marques
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Latest News

We did it! What happens next?

June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Team, We got to $1045, my highest hopes. Thank you, thank you, this is great. The purpose of this note is to thank you and to describe what happens from now until the app launch, probably early fall. Surveys Each of you will get at least one survey... (Read More)

Certificates

May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Team, We are looking very good, close to my highest stretch goal. If we can get there, I will be able to hire good QA (and get the best images), and I need it. There were some bad typos in the content, hopefully all fixed.  I have now (submitted to... (Read More)

Privacy notes

May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Team, Thank you for the wonderful support, we will have great art in this project! Remember that all funds from backers will go toward art and image licensing for the app. Because I have asked for email, this is just a short note about privacy.  Any... (Read More)

Trading is here!

May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Team, I have released an update that enables trading. It is available now on Android, probably tomorrow on iOS (Apple). If anyone on Android is having trouble with login and forgetting steps, please let me know. One person has a problem, but I do... (Read More)

Manuscript descriptions

May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Team, I added the descriptions of the 10 manuscripts to the latest release, which has passed review and is available. Also several bug fixes.  The manuscripts are the trading goods I added as 'special' items. One goal you might have is to collect... (Read More)

Image zoom version available

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick note that the new build with image zoom has passed review in both stores and is available.  There are 2 minor bugs you might notice, they will be fixed in the next release. When you zoom the maps, if you tap instead of drag (pan), the... (Read More)

Added image zoom

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
I finally added the most requested feature -- image zoom and then pan. You can now zoom on all the map pictures, the next location image, and the images for any location in the location browse. The zoom is fixed, mostly because I use relatively... (Read More)

Adding Trading

May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We are getting there! I am optimistic now that we can get to the $500 stretch goal, so I have added the trading module to the app. It isn't quite ready for testing, I need to do a lot more research, and it will cost a bit for the images, but it will... (Read More)

New feature -- Trading

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
I have decided to add a feature to the app, interactive trading. After all, this is the Silk Road! At the beginning, you will choose the goal item you want to purchase at the end of your journey (eg, at Samarkand, or if going in reverse, at Ctesiphon... (Read More)

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