Chester Walls Quest
Free AppAbout Chester Walls Quest
If you’re visiting Chester anytime soon don’t miss out on the great new way to experience the city.
Walls Quest is a new GPS game-based guide to Chester. If you have never visited before you’ll see everything Chester has to offer from the shops, the racecourse, the cathedral, the castle and all whilst having fun on the famous Roman walls. If you know Chester well then you will be able to find out even more about the history of this fascinating city. For instance did you know that:
– Chester was formed in 79AD as a Roman Fort as was originally called Deva Victrix?
– That the East Gate clock is the second most photographed in the country?
– That Anglo-Saxon warriors wore more bling than most hip-hop stars?
Walls Quest challenges you to move around the Chester Walls using the GPS Quest map, take part in challenges to earn points and unlock rewards that you can play long after your visit. You will be able to watch videos of Queen Aethelfled rallying her troops right on the spot you are standing, take photos of yourself as a Roman gladiator, and hear directly from the main characters that make up Chester’s illustrious history.
This is the most enjoyable way to experience Chester using your phone. It’s incredibly simple and yet insanely addictive once you get started – can you complete the circuit and rise to the top of the Walls Quest leaderboard? You’ll come away knowing a whole raft of interesting facts and stories that you can impress your friends with and all this is completely free.
Good luck with your Walls Quest.
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• Walls Quest requires the built-in GPS of the phone or tablet device;
• Devices without a built-in camera won’t be able to complete the photo challenges;
• Due to the nature of Walls Quest we ask you to be careful whilst using this app in Chester. You will be crossing roads and walking through public spaces so please be vigilent of hazards and obstacles. You are fully responsible for your actions whilst playing this game and by playing the game you hold Chester Renaissance and Cheshire West and Chester Council and all subsideries harmless for any and all subsequent consequences of your actions.
• Please report any issues on our website so we can continue to improve your experience – visit www.explorethewalls.com/wallsquest
UPDATE: As yet the Google Nexus 7 tablet is not presently supported by this app as it has no front-facing camera.
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TIP: Thanks to the reviewer who pointed out that it is best to download this app via Wi-Fi as it contains large chunks of videos and audio. You are able to download the main app and then go into the 'Information' section to download the video and audio assets separately. This is especially important for international visitors, please connect to a Wi-Fi network to download so you won't be charged your roaming data charges.
Walls Quest is a new GPS game-based guide to Chester. If you have never visited before you’ll see everything Chester has to offer from the shops, the racecourse, the cathedral, the castle and all whilst having fun on the famous Roman walls. If you know Chester well then you will be able to find out even more about the history of this fascinating city. For instance did you know that:
– Chester was formed in 79AD as a Roman Fort as was originally called Deva Victrix?
– That the East Gate clock is the second most photographed in the country?
– That Anglo-Saxon warriors wore more bling than most hip-hop stars?
Walls Quest challenges you to move around the Chester Walls using the GPS Quest map, take part in challenges to earn points and unlock rewards that you can play long after your visit. You will be able to watch videos of Queen Aethelfled rallying her troops right on the spot you are standing, take photos of yourself as a Roman gladiator, and hear directly from the main characters that make up Chester’s illustrious history.
This is the most enjoyable way to experience Chester using your phone. It’s incredibly simple and yet insanely addictive once you get started – can you complete the circuit and rise to the top of the Walls Quest leaderboard? You’ll come away knowing a whole raft of interesting facts and stories that you can impress your friends with and all this is completely free.
Good luck with your Walls Quest.
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• Walls Quest requires the built-in GPS of the phone or tablet device;
• Devices without a built-in camera won’t be able to complete the photo challenges;
• Due to the nature of Walls Quest we ask you to be careful whilst using this app in Chester. You will be crossing roads and walking through public spaces so please be vigilent of hazards and obstacles. You are fully responsible for your actions whilst playing this game and by playing the game you hold Chester Renaissance and Cheshire West and Chester Council and all subsideries harmless for any and all subsequent consequences of your actions.
• Please report any issues on our website so we can continue to improve your experience – visit www.explorethewalls.com/wallsquest
UPDATE: As yet the Google Nexus 7 tablet is not presently supported by this app as it has no front-facing camera.
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TIP: Thanks to the reviewer who pointed out that it is best to download this app via Wi-Fi as it contains large chunks of videos and audio. You are able to download the main app and then go into the 'Information' section to download the video and audio assets separately. This is especially important for international visitors, please connect to a Wi-Fi network to download so you won't be charged your roaming data charges.
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What are users saying about Chester Walls Quest
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My 5 yr old daughter and I used app yesterday and had a lot of fun. There are interactive challenges and question at each point. Also app contains excellent videos and audio files to watch/listen to which really bring the walls history to life. App has detailed information to read during the quest or later and interesting facts. We live locally so we've walked the walls many times before. Still learned about new aspects of Chester history using the app so I'd recommend it for visitors and locals. Tip: Download the app when you're on wi-fi. Once it's dowloaded (still on wi-fi) go to the Info section and select Dowload Assets. This downloads the videos and audio commentaries needed for the game. Feedback for developers: Add progress bar and 'Download Complete' message for dowloading assets - I couldn't tell whether anything was happening! Also I couldn’t enter wish at the Wishing Steps – app didn’t display a return key on my keypad and there wasn't an Enter button to select.
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It's a bit of fun, and makes a walk a walk around the walls more interesting. We know Chester well, and did learn a few new points, but during our stroll we learnt far more by using Google and the Internet, plus the notice boards along the wall (which duplicate many of the points in this app). It's a huge download, 30mb IIRC for the app, plus an unspecified further download for the videos (I think that's what they mean, they call them 'assets'). Do use wi-fi. Foreign visitors should note that playing the games or reading comments will require Internet access and expensive roaming charges. A major downer. Full marks for installing the 1mb app on the sd-card, not the phone. No marks for installing 100mb of video files on the phone, they really should go on the card. Yes I can't work out why the initial download was 30mb, where did it all go? Anyway it's fun and free, so give it a go. I'd have given it 3 stars if it wasn't for its final major flaw (plus an assortment of minor bugs). On my Samsung Galaxy the gps didn't work, so it's lucky I know the walls well, and could find where I was. The gps was working properly, I checked Google maps, so the problem is with this app.
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Very disappointed. GPS didn't work and kept asking to down load assets, even though I kept saying yes. Hence didn't use on our visit to Chester.
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My girlfriend and I have walked the walls many times before. Today we thought this would be a good app to try. It gave some new facts about Chester and the walls and some fun activities to do along the route. However the videos would not play and the app kept crashing. Good concept for the app just need some fixes to make it stable for all.
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Good fun app and makes walking the walls a fun and interesting experience. But the download ate my monthly fair use limit so make sure you are on WiFi or unlimited 3g.
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Good app. Family relay enjoyed the walk. Not all videos will play. Needs to be advertised more round the walk
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It's graet I've had graet fun with it.