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Heart 2 Heart Confessations

Inspiration

Originating from 4 am Discord calls, hundreds of thought provoking messages, and an everlasting "I'm glad we had this conversation", we aspire to extend this feeling to others who are experiencing the negative effects of isolation.

What it does

Our app promotes health communication between friends, family, and more by tackling the anxiety that comes with initiating a confessation, a difficult but meaningful conversation.

Features

Filter conversation topics by: "Happy", "Heavy", "To the speaker", and "Self-Reflection".
Add custom cards anonymously at the beginning of each game.
Free open-ended rules: We provide the foundation, you control the conversation.

How we built it

We used React Native for cross-platform mobile development. Next, we used Socket.io for real time two-way communication with an Express back end.

Challenges we ran into

Fonts
Differences between expo and bare React Native workflow
NPM dependency hell
JavaScript shenanigans: the difference between working code and crashing was usually 1 to 2 characters

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to bring a personal experience that strongly bonded us into an app that can be shared with others. Two thirds of the team do not come from a software development background so being able to develop a presentable product in time was a major feat.

What we learned

This was our first hackathon (for two thirds of us anyways) and sleep was definitely an important factor we missed. Playing up each team member's strengths was vital to finishing the project. console.log() is the best debugging tool xd

What's next for Heart 2 Heart

Creating more confessation cards, topics, and maybe building a web version of the app. A long term goal would be implementing a video/voice call function within the app itself.