Inspiration
When trying to convince people to get some natural sunlight and go outside, the one question they ask is "Why should I?" This comes from a desire for incentive. People love instant gratification, and sadly, better physical and mental health doesn't count for that. That's why we made Biodex!
What it does
Biodex motivates you to go outside by providing you with a cute little herbivore companion you need to take care of. The companion can only be fed plants that the user takes pictures of, so the user has to go outside to provide for their pet.
How we built it
We used the Next.js framework with Tailwind to support the front-end, and Firebase for database, storage, and authentication.
Challenges we ran into
We had trouble getting API keys to work when trying to deploy our website and when using them on different machines.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Achieving many different functionalities through Firebase was a difficult task, but it showed us how to have auth, storage, and a database through one API.
What we learned
We all learned a new framework, Next.js, from scratch, and most of us have never used all the features of Firebase to this extent.
What's next for Biodex
In the future, we can add more companions and evolutions.
Built With
- css3
- firebase
- html5
- javascript
- nextjs
- tailwind
- typescript
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