getHome(interhyp)

Landing page
Select your starting point for the simulation
Scraped Interhyp API
Events that you react to will happen
Overview of the simulation
Wrapped like instagram stories
With summary
And Tips

Inspiration

What is the meaning of life? Where do I want to be in ten years? Do I want to have a family? Do I want to live in Munich? How to prepare those steps now?

Have you ever thought about that?

No? No problem. Times are hard, the housing market is crazy, and thinking about it is stressful. But ignoring it won't help. getHome(interhyp) is the solution. We turn the complexity of life planning into an engaging simulation, helping you find out if your dream life is actually affordable.

What it does

We provide an advanced gamified simulation of your life considering your investment choices, your life satisfaction and basically everything else in your life like unexpected events. Ultimately, leading to the goal of financing your dream house house.

How we built it

Modern web framework with Next.js
Mathematical based Simulation Core
Advanced AI Recommendation System using Google Gemini via the Vercel SDK
AI based narrative life events creating a gamified and unique user experience
interhyps API to retrieve real estate offers
Containerized with Docker and deployed to Google Cloud via a CI/CD pipeline
Fuel: Red Bull and cake

Challenges we ran into

Tuning the "Happiness Algorithm" so that players don't instantly become depressed.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Building something that's actually fun to play with, while still teaching you a thing or two about finances.
Combining many sources of information like mathematical models, AI and APIs to real life.

What we learned

Life is non-linear and sometimes you have to go through hard times to reach your dreams.
Life need compromises and the goal is to find the best ones.
Sleep is voluntarly.

What's next for getHome(interhyp)

Enhanced Real-Time Data Integration: Use real data to represent the financial markets.
Hardcore Mode: Adding inflation, market crashes, ...
Competitive Mode: Add a competitive mode to play against your friends to make the game even more compelling.