DADS Stretching App for GAMERS

The purpose of this was to create a handy webapp that helps gamers to add stretches in down times while gaming. Such as dying, waiting in queue, etc.

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Inspiration

We wanted to do a simple project that could fit into our current diverse but low-experience skillset. So we decided to tackle Theme 3: Health and Wellness. The idea was to create a webapp that promotes good stretching habits in between down times while GAMING. Small stretches of time where you might not be able to go for a walk, but really just stretch a little.

What it does

It's a simple web app that currently lists 12 stretching exercises to make use while gaming. They're all fairly quick, and we've even included a way to filter to the parts of the body you want to focus on.

How We built it

This app was built off of a simple HTML page, making heavy use of the classes attribute to make the filtering possible. The code-behind is all written in JavaScript and the webserver is served by a quick python script on port 8080.

Challenges We ran into

This was the team's first hackathon, and as such we ran into difficulties in trying to balance our expectations versus the amount of technical knowledge regarding webdev and time management. The amount of work in attempting to illustrate exercise was unexpected, as some stretches are better explained as a visual fluid motion instead of static images.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud we managed to get a submission to working order. We're proud of having dusted off our HTML, learned way more about CSS and struggled with Javascript. We're proud that the page looks so nice in the Team Liquid colors!

What We learned

how to spell colour and centre in canada We learned how much effort it takes to scope out a team's strengths and weaknesses We learned that it's imperative to find a way so that work is happening in parallel of each other. We learned that maybe we should also ask everyone what their setups are like so that the repository doesn't break for each other in a different way. We learned that it's a good idea to let people come in with their own learning expectations so that they can get the most out of the team/hackathon experience.

What's next for DADS Stretching App for GAMERS

A few incremental updates most likely. To see if it could really work even as just a locally saved webapp on people's phones. Adding user profiles, and challenges. Maybe notifications to remind the user that it's time to stretch once again. Deploy it for all to see.

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