HABITAT

HABITAT
Landing
Dashboard
Habitat Map
Habit Island Stats
Friends
Visit Friends' Habitat
Profile page

Inspiration

Habit trackers often feel repetitive and guilt-driven, which makes people abandon them quickly. We wanted to make building healthy habits feel rewarding by turning progress into something visual, interactive, and emotionally engaging.

What it does

HABITAT is a gamified habit tracker where your real-world consistency unlocks and transforms habit islands. By syncing step data from your phone’s health app, users grow their world, care for a pixel companion, and unlock rewards through daily movement.

How we built it

We designed a retro-inspired mobile interface, built the app using React Native + Expo, integrated health data tracking, and created animated pixel assets to bring the companion and island progression system to life.

Challenges we ran into

Balancing scope was our biggest challenge. We had to cut unnecessary features and focus on making one habit loop feel polished. We also faced some challenges with our image -> habit recognition feature.

Accomplishments that we’re proud of

We created a unique alternative to traditional health dashboards by combining habit tracking with gameplay mechanics, interactive visuals, and a stronger emotional connection to progress.

What we learned

We learned that simple ideas executed well are stronger than feature-heavy products. We also gained experience balancing design ambition with technical feasibility under time constraints.

What’s next for HABITAT

We want to expand beyond step tracking into sleep, hydration, and mindfulness habits, introduce more customizable worlds and companions, and improve cross-platform health integrations.