Inedible Fortune Cookies

Inspiration

We wanted to apply the knowledge that we have learned to make something that is concretely tangible, like the apps that we see and use every day. We wanted to make this our first step in the world of software development. While our final product is not exactly spectacular, we have learned a lot and we are very excited about what else we can do in the future.

What it does

Since we are in the midst of a quite challenging time, we wanted to do something to cheer people up, to give them a little chuckle and morale boost. The answer: a simple app that would make people at ease, that would let them relax. Our app generates encouraging messages depending on people's mood to try to lighten up their day (similar to fortune cookies, but you can't eat them --> inedible fortune cookies lol xd).

How we built it

We build it using python (specifically Pygame and Tkinter modules) to create an environment where the user can interact with the app and receive an answer/fortune.

Challenges we ran into

Many of the envisioned qualities for our application could not be realized given the restriction of time and knowledge. Indeed, simply building an application was a challenge we had to face since this is our team's first-ever application creation. Simply becoming familiar with the environment and its possibilities was a great challenge. Therefore, many small details were not plausible for beginners like us, however, we have the curiosity and willingness to learn from this experience and build more advanced and refined applications using Inedible Fortune Cookies as a base!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud that we have pulled through with the application. Despite not being able to include all of the features that we initially wanted to add, we are still happy that we have made an application that works :).

What we learned

Though we are happy with what we have accomplished, this app is nothing but a stepping stone into a much bigger world for us. We've learned a lot about GUI, how to use Tkinter and how to build an interactive application/game.

What's next for Inedible Fortune Cookies

More features are to come. We will work on some aspects that we weren't able to do during the hackathon, such as animations, a coin system, an achievement system, a larger bank of data/fortunes, as well as a cleaner design for the app in general.