Every push-up becomes an attack in a camera-counted RPG game
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HN · launched Aug 26, 2026 · 21 upvotes (top 25%) · 0 views
Niche: indie video games · 203 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Content generation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Turnkey on-device pose estimation models (like MediaPipe or Apple's Vision framework) can be readily wired up to a basic 2D game loop in Flutter, React Native, or Swift with vibe coding.
Discussion
8 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: DDR (Dance Dance Revolution), PIU (Pump It Up), Hundred Pushups app, Madcatz Xbox Pump Exceed pad
Concerns raised: Subscription pricing ($40) too expensive for device-only app, Text size microscopic on Android, Camera performance issues on some phones, Limited exercise variety (only pushups)
Feature requests: One-time purchase option instead of subscription, More exercises beyond pushups, Dance style games, Game/gambling mechanics integrated with exercise
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 467 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #103 of 468 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 299 days after the earliest competitor.
- RPG-game-cinematic · github · 2026-09-12 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- insidethegamehackathon · github · 2026-09-28 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- brush-and-blade · github · 2026-09-15 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- A lie detector game that reads your pulse through your phone camera · hn · 2026-05-08 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- petalwake · github · 2026-11-10 · 60 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- EnemyCollisionSynchronized · github · 2026-09-15 · 21 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- skill-create-tactics-threejs-sprite · github · 2026-11-01 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Word Scrapes · ph · 2026-11-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
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