Stepstone Island is my MFA in Interactive Media thesis project, and the idea for this game started from wanting to work with the data generated from a fitness wristband my brother-in-law gave to me for Christmas one year. Since then, it has grown into questioning whether or not applying this data to a reinforcement system found in idle games such as Neko Atsume, Cookie Clicker, or Tap Tap Fish can effectively motivate people to exercise more. These games all exhibit a variation of the same system; Feed the cats in order to get more fish to attract even more cats. Gather more cookies to buy farms that give you more cookies. Buy coral to generate more vitality to buy more coral and fish. I believe combining this kind of system with fitness is an area worth exploring. Follow Olly on twitter @StepstoneIsland for updates on the project!