Invite-only access · Small cohorts
In mobile games, my base is spotless. My life, a little less.
Yetido is an app that flips the mechanics of free-to-play games (small actions, rewards, instant feedback) to help you take action in real life.
I know what to do. It's the doing that gets stuck.
ADHD isn't a lack of organization. I know perfectly well the laundry won't fold itself. The real problem is getting started.
So I tried the serious tools. The to-do list:
- Day 1, I'm motivated.
- Day 4, it judges me.
- Day 14, I've forgotten it.
Getting Things Done, even the simplified version: same thing. Two weeks, then it gives out.
It's not that I have a discipline problem. Classic tools ask for exactly what my brain struggles to give.
Free-to-play games get people to act for hundreds of days in a row.
Daily logins, small quests, chests to open. It works. I run entire systems in those games, with a rigor I've never had for my paperwork.
Yetido uses the same mechanics, aimed at your real life. Not at selling you gems.
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Small actions
A big goal breaks down into simple moves. You do the next one, not the twenty after it.
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Rewards
Every action earns you something. Your brain loves that, so you might as well put it to good use.
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Instant feedback
You see right away that things are moving. Not in three months. Now.
Your real life grows a village.
Every action in your day earns you stars. You spend them at the camp to build, decorate and expand your village. Its villagers talk to you, and the old man by the fire teaches you the game.
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The village, and the old man by the fire -
A quest, broken into moves -
Today's rewards
I'm Julien. I have ADHD and a phone full of games.
I built Yetido for myself first. I'd tried the serious methods; they never stuck. I finally realized that in mobile games, I do stick.
I've worked in video games for over 20 years. I'm also an engineer in cognitive science and AI. I know from the inside the mechanics that hold players: artificial retention, forced ads for a reward, all of it.
So I decided to reuse them, honestly. They're there to move your life forward, not to keep you glued to the screen.
Julien
Small cohorts, real feedback.
I open access in small groups for a simple reason: I want to read every piece of feedback. Not skim it. Read it.
We're building Yetido in the open. I'll show you my design choices and ask for your opinion. Often. You're allowed to say it doesn't work.
10 spots in the first cohort. The next ones open gradually.
Ready to play with your real life?
Leave your email. I'll write to you as soon as a spot opens.