It attempts to create a "living breathing map" of Pratchett's famous city, complete with strolling characters, chuffing chimneys and a soundtrack that ebbs and flows as you explore. The app costs £9.99 on Apple's App Store, and is iPad-only for now, requiring iOS 6.0 or later. Fail to match up, and everyone will know about it. Why? Discworld has millions of fans of all ages, so there's bound to be lots of interest – but also high expectations based on each and every fan's mental picture of Ankh-Morpork. Discworld: The Ankh-Morpork Map is the work of publisher Transworld and app developer Agant, and it faces quite a challenge.
Now in 2013 there's an iPad app trying to map it out. The city felt real and living to me in a way that Tolkien's Middle-earth never did. The more books I read, the clearer a picture I had in my head about what Ankh-Morpork was like through Pratchett's descriptions and the cover artwork by Josh Kirby.
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