Inspiration
As students staying away from friends and family, meeting new people is always a challenge. Wanted to connect with new people in a unique way. Bantah makes connections a bit more fun!
What it does
Bantah creates an anonymous chat thread for you and gives you choice of other users available nearby Have a banter with random strangers within your vicinity. If the chat takes off in 2 minutes there is an option to share contact details, otherwise we get matched to new users We brainstorming for the UI/UX design with focus on keeping the effort on the user minimal so that they can get to conversation in 3 steps.
- Provide a google authentication
- Choose an anonymous chat thread from the available options
- Start talking
There is a 2 minute timeout for every chat thread within which the users can exchange contact details if the chat takes off. Otherwise they can return to the chat thread list and enter another chat.
How we built it
The initial plan was to go react native and develop mobile apps.
Built the front end on react with the backend running on firebase
Challenges we ran into
The pairing algorithm Running a chat service on firebase
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Breathing life into our idea Implementing graph based distributor algorithm in such a short time
What we learned
First time using firebase and understood what it offers
What's next for Bantah: Break the Ice
Want to make the full app and release it in Uni of Bath so that students can connect with other have a laugh and make new friends.
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