Inspiration
Pokemon Go but encourages social distancing by bringing in a penalty that players cannot be in close proximity with another player to befriend a Gatormon.
What it does
Gatormons spawn around a player's location. If more than one player is too close to a Gatormon, it'll disappear. Players can befriend Gatormon by going to the location of the Gatormon and clicking befriend.
How we built it
ReactJS, Firebase
Challenges we ran into
- Some of our members had spotty WiFi, which decreased productivity
- There was a learning curve learning React, as well as React with Typescript
- Simple times when the brain just wasn't operating
- Using up quotas for Firebase
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- enabling location services via Google Maps API and connecting it via Firebase
- Our cute design
What we learned
We learned the basics of React and Firebase, and the different ways the two can be connected. We also learned about location services through the Google Maps API
What's next for GatorMon
- We would like to spawn Gatormon in places where there are not too many players present, to further encourage social distancing and promote exploration of lesser known public spaces
- We would like to create different species of -mons, like Nole-mons or Knight-mons, to diversify the population
- We would like to offer in-game rewards as an incentive
Team lead: Leon Kwan
Other members: Tianwei (Angela) Xie, Tianrui (Ray) Li, [Victoria Mei]
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