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Hunt for the Art
Inspiration
We were inspired by the idea that the pandemic has made many of us over-reliant on technology. We wanted our project to create interactions between the real world and people and reward them for those interactions. We also wanted to create a project that would encourage physical activity and social interactions
What it does
Hunt for the Art! is a scavenger hunt with many simple tasks (e.g. do jumping jacks) that a person can perform. You would click on individual squares to reveal a task and press done when you have completed the task. Each time you press done, a piece of the pixel art is revealed, representing the progress you’ve made in the scavenger hunt. When all the tasks are completed, you will be rewarded with a completed pixel art.
How we built it
We compiled a database of the different simple tasks that we wanted to include. Then we built a backend with python that determines the color, task, and completion of each pixel square. We then built a website (using Flask) to display all the squares as well as a way to click each square to reveal its task + mark each task as done.
Challenges we ran into
- Creating a database of tasks that should be included in the scavenger hunt
- Connected the frontend and backend with Flask
- Correctly displaying the completed tasks (User interactions)
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- A responsive frontend driven by fast communication between frontend and backend
- Clear and rewarding pixel art
What we learned
- Learned how to integrate pixel art with complex functions
- Learned how to be creative with existing concepts
What's next for Hunt for the Art!
- Have cells that aren't square-based (ie. Have triangular and irregular shapes)
- Allow users to edit/input their own tasks
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