Major League Gardening

Inspiration

Our team was inspired by the social issues surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak. The biggest challenge we saw was that people could no longer go outside and get fresh air. Rather, they were confined to their daily routines at home. This could get depressing, which is why we wanted to create an app that allows users to go outside, connect with others, and still practice social distancing at the same time. Major League Gardening takes casual Gardening to the next level, giving users the incentive to go outside to garden and compete with fellow gardeners all across the world through a competitive social media application.

What it does

The app is designed as a social media platform for gardeners to share their plants with others and participate in playful gardening challenges/missions to learn more about gardening. The competitive nature of the app allows users to take on new gardening projects to "level up" and compare their scores with friends and other gardeners around the world. You can view a feed of all the users you follow as well as upload and share pictures of your own plants. The app even offers videos and articles from professional gardeners to welcome beginners. All in all, this is your one-stop-shop for the ultimate gardening experience.

How we built it

We built the mockup of the app on Adobe Xd. The demo video was created by a voiceover over the Adobe Xd prototype with visuals from iMovie and Canva.

Challenges we ran into

We had some design issues when it came to actually develop the interface of the app. Some buttons and scroll features weren't working, and the search bar of the feed would oddly stick onto the posts. We were able to solve the problems by working together and layering various textures to make the search bars and buttons feel more natural and integrated into the software.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were really proud to have a full working prototype of the Major League Gardening App. It was an unbelievable feeling to see our project come to life and overcome the barriers of which were stopping us. From learning several new platforms in less than a day such as Adobe XD and illustrator to creating a successful prototype that functions extraordinarily, it was an amazing experience.

What we learned

Regardless of the outcome, we want to start to invest our time into making the prototype a reality, and actually work on the back-end of the app and code a basic social media platform exclusively for gardeners. This would make our dreams of becoming entrepreneurs a reality and take us one step closer to achieving our goals. We are inspired by emerging technologies like AI and want to improve our platform to ensure that millions of users are satisfied with our work. With the recognition that comes with winning such a prestigious event, we would like to scale our business and enter new markets around the world to maximize our potential growth. Throw market penetration, globalization and creating a reality from our prototype, we hope to make a significant impact in the world.

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I designed the brand identity of our product which includes the title combined with the logo. I also contributed to developing and creating the features of our prototype on Adobe Xd. Lastly, I designed the mock-up page for our video demo.

Jay Sharma
I worked with my team on developing the idea of the company and how exactly certain portions of the app would be layed out. I was mostly focused on the front-end development and making sure there were no design errors. I also did the voiceover of the App Demo.

Somesh Karthi
I worked on the UI and prototype. I focused on creating icons, buttons and text features on every screen of the app. Also when designing and creating our video, I pitched ideas, provided solutions and help edit the video.

Sneh Shah
I worked on the back end and helped with making the movie and planning out the elements that were seen in the prototype. I helped lead the XD design and direct the film aswell.

Aamodit Acharya