Alfred Campenaerts talks about developing a game to play on the erg.

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Timestamps

02:20 Alfred is the project lead on Salty Lemon entertainment who build video games

3:00 What gave you the idea for this game? Alfred's brother is a professional cyclist who plays Zwift virtual cycling and the local Flanders Rowing Federation approached them to solve the problem of indoor rowing being boring.

Watch the EXR games launch video

06:30 It supports the Concept2 indoor rowing machine

08:00 there is one demo map of a lake and there will be many more in future. Using Google Maps data to build a 1 to 1 scale of famous rowing rivers

09:20 There are four game modes

- Just row

- Training Mode - includes scheduling and custom pacing

- Competition mode

- Mini Games such as 'shark attack' where a shark follows your rowing and you have to get faster to escape

13:00 Alfred wants more beta testers - it is a closed beta. Apply to join on the website

https://exrgame.com/

Mention RowingChat when you apply.