Inspiration
Like various countries worldwide, poor service delivery and lack of education on environmental health cause harm in many communities across South Africa. With unclean water sources, the stench of exhaust fumes, and piles of litter on almost every pavement, there is a dire need for action toward Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities).
What it does
Hence our team is creating a game that teaches you the responsibilities of looking after your community, and the consequences of not doing so. Motivated by a points system, the user is tasked with managing a city by playing various mini-games demonstrating the activities needed to maintain the surroundings. The user’s success determines the quality of their town. The option of finding real local organizations to donate to will also be given. The app will serve as a fun yet educational way of showing the need to be proactive in improving communities and how to do so, thereby both encouraging and enabling the user to work towards achieving a sustainable city.
How we built it
We have used the coding language Java and the IDE IntelliJ, as well as Canva for the images and screens.
Challenges we ran into
It was difficult working in a team while not physically together, therefore we had to utilize collaborative tools such as Canva and Google docs. It was challenging and time consuming to combine the separate projects together, and we had to learn how to do so both on IntelliJ and GitHub.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud of the virtual city design and that we have created a well thought out idea that will be beneficial to communities. We are also proud that we were able to create a fairly complex program in such a short period of time, and that we were able to adapt and overcome the challenges we faced.
What we learned
We have learned how to work as a team virtually, and how to use features of GitHub and IntelliJ that we were previously unfamiliar with.
What's next for Clean my city
We hope to develop it into a fully functioning app and expand the features and number of users across the world. We want to collaborate with sustainable businesses to make an impact in communities worldwide.
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