MeFirstApp

Inspiration

As a team passionate about the environment, a huge challenge that Singapore faces today is the knowledge gap among Singaporeans in knowing what can or cannot be recycled. Singapore Environment Council acknowledges that there is a 'need for closer attention to increasing consumer information, education and awareness to close the knowledge gap'. Our application aims to tackle the knowledge gap through a fun and interactive game - with an avenue for friendly competition among peers.

What it does

MeFirstApp is a mobile game where users are provided with 12 pictures of items to be disposed, and users are supposed to decide whether they are recyclable or not. For added difficulty, we have also implemented a 30 second timer for the game to reduce the amount of time which users had for thinking, making their decisions increasingly intuitive. Upon completion of the game or the timer running out, users will be presented with their score and an option to play the game again.

How we built it

We built it using the React Native framework

Challenges we ran into

As the name suggest, this is our first endeavor into mobile application and javascript. It was challenging to learn these in a short timespan of 24 hours

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Thankfully we are able to publish a working application.

What we learned

We learned more about how to launch an application using Expo.

What's next for MeFirstApp

If we have more time in work on MeFirstApp, we would do the following:

Randomizing of pictures so that users are not able to complete the game with muscle memory
Adding more pictures of more types of recyclables, and increasing the timer accordingly
Integration with a map of recycling bins available around them to increase recycling convenience
Reward system for the points, where users can translate their scores to vouchers or other benefits