Roadmap

What's built, what's in progress, and what's next. Updated April 29, 2026.

Built

Built

Core walk experience

Home screen, quest deck, walk mode with compass ring, wander direction, map camera. Phases 1-5 complete.

Built

SNAP + photo system

Camera capture, AI validation (Gemini vision), upload queue, classified themes for collection badges.

Built

Quest system

Three quest types (wander, collect, visit). Curated library, LLM-generated local quests, live events, chat game master.

Built

Perpetual quests + verification

Collection quests with detection themes, ambient SNAP classification, progress tracking, verification badges.

Built

Public discovery map

Community snap map with publish/unpublish, bookmarks, and browse. MAP tab in the app.

Built

Taste memory

Phase A + B: taste profile tables, cron updates, tailored quest card, FOR YOU label.

Built

LOG tab + diary

Walk history, snap gallery, QUESTS / BADGES / PROFILE sub-tabs. Quest log and badge system with celebration overlay.

Built

Daily community quest

One community-wide quest per day with accept, complete, and public feed of snaps.

Built

Badge system

Collection badges, quest completion badges, streak badges. Celebration overlay on earn.

Built

Collection map sharing

Shareable public links for collection quest photo maps via token URLs.

Built

PROFILE sub-tab

Editable taste notes, taste profile display, walk stats.

Built

Notification backend

Push token registration, preferences, activity log, 5 cron nudge types (streak, comeback, weather, event, quest reminder).

Partially Built

Partial

Push notifications (frontend)

Backend fully built (registration, preferences, 5 cron nudge types). Frontend blocked by Apple Developer Program enrollment -- cannot send push notifications without it.

Not Yet Built

Not Yet

Categorised error messages

User-friendly error categories instead of generic "something went wrong" toasts.

Not Yet

QuestBar proximity auto-check

Automatic progress check-in when user walks near a quest location.

Not Yet

Progressive pin reveal

Map pins appear gradually as user walks closer, rewarding exploration.

Not Yet

Ring gravity toward nearest POI

Compass ring subtly pulls toward the nearest undiscovered point of interest.

Not Yet

Review snippets in place detail

Show curated review excerpts when viewing a POI's detail sheet.

Post-Thesis Backlog

Future

Apple Watch companion

Compass ring on wrist. Haptic nudges for nearby POIs. Walk without pulling out your phone.

Future

iOS home screen widget

Daily quest preview, streak counter, and quick-start walk from the home screen.