CoroNation

CoroNation

Inspiration

We were thinking of an idea for this hackathon on Thursday afternoon and we decided to think about it before we made any decisions. Once Friday morning hit we could see the different kinds of projects that were being submitted. We saw that there were many projects that were helping people with supplies and health institutes, but we did not see any type of entertainment that would help the people understand how Social Distancing, Washing your hands, and lockdowns help flatten the curve of infections and deaths.

What it does

You can see how the population infection rate, recovery rate, movement of the spread of the virus change according to how and when you introduce each strategy to the population.

How we built it

We built it using Vue.js and Vuetify since we are all most familiar with it. We had to plan it out to the simplest form, have a few 'powers' (strategies) that are currently being implemented and also some fictional ones that could be a possibility. Then we divided the work, created issue tickets on github and started grinding.

By the end of Sunday we had a working prototype.

Challenges we ran into

Some challenges that we had were trying not to think too far ahead into the future so that we could get the Minimum viable product MVP out by Sunday night. We had to limit our ideas to its simplest form and stick with the agenda at hand.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We realized that we were able to work from home and still get this project done despite the time frame given. We had excellent communication and accountability from each group member who always asked what can I help with.

What we learned

Working on a project for a bigger cause does take a lot of time but if you are able to strip out all the fluff then we are able to get a bare bones project together within a short time frame.

What's next for CoroNation

We are going to be working on this to further implement more strategies to combat the virus and make it more realistic by adding regions, artificial spending which will be a consequence of using the strategies, and an ai that will control how the virus spreads among the population.

We are looking to make this a full fledged strategy game that will edify the public on how different strategies can limit the spread of the virus but also how if affects the economy.