What is Spectrum Walk?

A colour photo game you play while walking. Everyone in the game gets the same colour, then races to photograph real things in it. The first player to reach the photo target wins.

How long does a game last?

The host picks the deadline during setup: 30 minutes, 1, 2, 4 or 8 hours, or a full 24 hours, with two hours as the default. A game can end sooner, the moment someone reaches the photo target.

Can I join a game that has already started?

Yes. Community games stay open to join right up to the deadline, as long as there is room. Everyone needs the same number of photos, so joining late just means less time to find them.

How does the game know my photo is the right colour?

Each photo is checked for the colour after you take it, and only real-world scenes count, so a picture of a screen, a paint chip or a printed page is turned down. A photo that does not pass is visible only to you, so you can go and find a better one.

XP. First place earns 100 XP, second 30, and third 15 when more than two players finish. Finishing a solo round before the deadline earns 150 XP. XP builds your level.

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Roll a colour, head out, and race to photograph it on your walk. First to the photo target wins.

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5.0 on Google Play

How you play Spectrum Walk

One colour, a photo target and a deadline. Everything else happens on your walk.

Rolling a colour in the Spectrum Walk setup

Roll your colour

The host taps Roll and the wheel spins through eight colours before it lands: red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple or pink. Not feeling it? Roll again, or tap a swatch to pick one directly. Then set the photo target, three, six, nine or twelve photos, and how long the game runs, anywhere from 30 minutes to a full day.

A Spectrum Walk game card in the Walk Feed

Play in the feed, or on your own

A community game goes up as a post in the Walk Feed, and other players can join right up to the deadline, with room for up to ten. A solo round stays private: no post, just you against the clock. Either way, everyone chases the same colour and the same number of photos.

The shared photo grid on a Spectrum Walk game

Watch the grid fill up

Every player's verified photos land in a shared grid on the game card, one page per player, so you can swipe through and see how close your rivals are. Each new photo bumps the game back to the top of the feed. The first player to reach the target wins, and the game ends on the spot.

Rules and fair play

Spectrum Walk is built so the sharpest eye wins, not the best photo editor.

The first player to reach the photo target wins and the game ends straight away. If nobody gets there before the deadline, the most verified photos wins.
Equal photo counts tie and share the same placing.
Rewards are XP only: 100 XP for first, 30 for second, and 15 for third when more than two players finish. Finishing a solo round before the deadline earns 150 XP.
Photos come from the in-app camera only, never your gallery, and there is a 90-second cooldown between shots.
A photo that fails the check is shown only to you, marked for a retake. It never appears in the shared grid.
No live tracking: the game does not record your route or run in the background. Open it when you have something to shoot.

What Walkers Are Saying

Real reviews from walkers, on the app stores and right here on the web.

5.0 on Google Play

Looking forward to finding some local walks in my city, cool idea.

Google Play review

Android user

I really like the idea. Seems like I'm the first walker in my city, but the concept is exactly what I wanted.

Google Play review

Bucharest

This app helped me leave the house and touch some grass, for real for real.

Google Play review

Android user

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Key Takeaways

Spectrum Walk is a walking game where players race to photograph real things in one shared colour.
The host rolls one of eight colours, then sets a photo target of 3, 6, 9 or 12 and a deadline from 30 minutes to 24 hours.
The first player to reach the target wins; otherwise the most verified photos at the deadline wins.
Every photo is taken in the app and checked for the colour, and photos of screens or swatches do not count.
Rewards are XP only, and a solo round is a private race against the clock.

What is a Spectrum Walk?

A colour-hunt walking game: everyone gets the same colour and races to photograph real things in it before the deadline.

Colour hunts are one of the oldest walking games: pick a colour before you leave and spot as many things in it as you can. Spectrum Walk keeps that idea and adds what a pen-and-paper version cannot, a shared scoreboard, a photo for every find, and a check that the colour is really there.

Because it is passive, it fits around a walk you were taking anyway. There is no route to follow and nothing running in the background; you open the game when something catches your eye, shoot it, and carry on. A short game suits a lunchtime loop, and a 24-hour one gives a whole group a day to chip away at it.

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