Bake It with Churro

Bake It with Churro helps convey simple budgeting habits through a fun experience running a bakery!

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Inspiration

We were inspired by the PearlHacks theme of baking and all of the fintech sponsors here at the hackathon! When thinking of a simple and cute way to make learning about budgeting fun, we were reminded of web games we played in elementary and middle school that simulated running a business. Our thought for Bake It with Churro was to create a simple point and click adventure that has users make financial decisions for their bakery.

What it does

The user can choose where to set up their bakery, and what item their bakery will sell! The location determines the rent that the user has to pay each turn, and the item effects the profit that the user will make. The goal is to accrue $5,000 from the original $1,000.

How we built it

We used HTML and CSS to build our web game. Each contributor had their own fork, one where we styled, and the other where we built out the script and functionality using JavaScript.

Challenges we ran into

We had a lot of functionality that involved divs popping up and then disappearing. Getting the order of these divs appearing for smooth gameplay required a lot of collaboration and planning.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

This is only our second Hackathon, and we're super proud of the improvements we've made since the last one. We've gotten better at making interactive and styling our web game. Also, our workflow improved from last time, so we didn't have to deal with as many merge conflicts. Funnily enough, we also had trouble with keeping track of our nested divs, which created some formatting errors that took a keen eye to spot.

What we learned

We learned how to make objects in JavaScript and about the hover option when styling buttons!

What's next for Bake It with Churro

We want to implement traffic conditions that can affect day to day operations based on the location chosen. We also think that Bake It with Churro could be made more difficult in order to better simulate the real world.

Citations

Business, C. O. (n.d.). 7 ways to separate business and personal finances. Capital One. Retrieved February 22, 2026, from https://www.capitalone.com/learn-grow/business-resources/separating-business-and-personal-finances/ Viewpoints, F. (2025, November 13). Investing tips. Fidelity Investments. https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/smart-money/investing-tips

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