A downloadable game for Windows and macOS

Explore and workout on the Zycling virtual coastal map

Features:

  • Read Cycling speed from any cycling speed and cadence bluetooth low energy sensor to control your avatar in-game
  • Medium map with different type of areas, just big enough to avoid instantaneous boredom
  • Random road choice at intersections
  • On screen chart of player speed for the last x minutes of the workout
  • Speed to estimated power for your non-smart turbo trainer
  • Almost believable cornering
  • Linux, MacOS and Windows support

Coming soon:

  • The first alpha binaries
  • Workout builder and workout recorder
  • Cyclist following fundamental road rules like staying on one side of the road (left or right?)

Coming not so soon:

  • Bots to keep you entertained
  • Multiplayer, race your mates


Tested with Garmin speed and cadence sensor 2 on MacOS

Disclaimer:

Don't use Zycling seriously as it is in early stage of development

Download

Download
Zycling-Windows-alpha.zip 284 MB
Download
Zycling-MacOS-alpha.zip 287 MB

Install instructions

Game installation

  1. Download and extract the archive for your platform
  2. On MacOS, install zmq with: brew install zmq
  3. Start the csc_server executable in the csc_server folder, make sure you allow the application network access as it will communicate with the Zycling game
  4. Start the Zycling application

In-game setup

  1. Proceed to the Options menu to connect to your Speed BLE sensor
  2. Your sensor will appear in the list, provided you give a few wheel revolutions. Select it and click connect
  3. Once connection is established, click on the Back button and start playing!

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