We Found a Free Web Page to Track the Game COOL BEANS

So my wonderful husband has noted that I have not been using the Treadmill that often because I am spending all my time on FACEBOOK playing Cafe World and Farmville and Towner and Bejewled Blitz. This is what I do in my downtime from work and school.

But I admit that I have not been two diligent in using my treadmill. So guess what! Dayvee is making a game out of it. I am going to level up and unlock rewards for using my treadmill.

So if my facebook games start slacking it is because I am in FULL competition mode with my husband on our challenge.

I would love some feedback from anyone on this blog.


So here is the Challenge (updated):

Rather then try to keep track of all the leveling ourselves, my husband found a website called ChoreWars. The website was designed to make doing household chores into an RPG style game. But you can use it to make a game out of tracking anything, so we're setting it up to track exercise, and give XP and gold for completing everything from walking the dog to using the treadmill. It will keep track of leveling and loot for us, as well as throwing in random monster encounters to add a bit of fun and adventure.

This is an experiment of using the power of games in everyday life. Anyone whose ever got addicted to facebook games, or obsessed over their Xbox achievements or PS3 trophies knows how powerful a simple game like this can become. Even when all you get for winning is a warm fuzzy feeling and bragging rites.