Inspiration
This year, our roommate taught us how to make kombucha and gave us part of her mother SCOBY, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast which is used in making kombucha. This started our kombucha obsession, and we get excited every week thinking about what flavor combo to try next. However, we realized there wasn't yet an app where we could track our batches and learn more about kombucha. This is where the Booch Buddy comes in! We wanted to make kombucha making even more fun, educational, and easy.
What it does
Our app, Booch Buddy, allows the user to keep track of their kombucha batches in a cute and fun way. You can customize the color and cloth of kombucha mother, record your second fermentation batches, and browse recipes for inspiration. We also included a "Learn" page, which includes basic kombucha terms and information, care tips, and links to a tutorial video and additional information about health benefits kombucha may have.
How we built it
Our graphics were created on Canva. For implementing our features, we used JavaScript on the AppLab from code.org.
Challenges we ran into
Our challenges mostly revolved around our limited team size. We had two members, with one working on graphics and the other working on coding. Because of the way we designated the work, sometimes there were points where one person had completed all they could and the other needed to catch up. This mismatch made us less efficient than we could have been.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're very proud of our aesthetically pleasing design. We're also proud of our recipes slider, as you can move seamlessly through bottles that represent the recipes. We're very happy with how our customization page came out, and how you can mix and match the kombucha and cloth colors to your heart's content.
What we learned
We learned that we can accomplish a substantial amount when we put our minds to it. AppLab and Canva were also new to us, so we learned how to utilize them and their features to create an engaging product.
What's next for Booch Buddy
- Social platform within the app: lets users join in periodic challenges and view others' creations
- Notification system: reminds the user of when to feed their SCOBY and open their 2F batches
- Settings: profile editing and a tutorial for the app
- Brewery database: allows the user to find kombucha breweries near them
- 2F Batch edit/delete: allows the user to edit and/or remove previously inputted 2F batches
- Scrollbar support for 2F batch page
- Bug fixes
Built With
- applab
- canva
- code.org
- javascript
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