Inspiration
We got our inspiration thinking about bad stories about walking home from parties at night. Some people are drunk and should not be driving and they need a good way to make sure their friends are safe and they can get home safely.
What it does
It allows the user to request a rideshare (Uber, Lyft, Bolt, Curb), get a safe walking route to whereever they want to go in the best conditions (good lighting, crime rates, activity), save favorite venues, alert friends with a low battery, request and share location/eta with friends, and add/remove friends.
How we built it
We built it in html as a website to mimic an iPhone app. It's not built for an actual app, but the website represents what it would look like with gui as well.
Challenges we ran into
Formatting all the buttons and text were really annoying and thinking of good items to add to each page.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were really proud of the ways we were able to create our own customization and taste to our individual pages. For instance, for the "Venues" page, it displays some places that a ton of our students are familiar with such as Grotto's with a slick, rounded box with gradient shading. In addition, the navbar we created for all of our pages was also a really nice addition, as it serves a great way to help the user get back to where they previously were, or certain features that may be needed.
What we learned
For half of us, learning HTML was a great barrier that we first encountered. However, as the day progressed, we found ourselves being able to simultaneously self-teach ourselves, on top of creating our individual pages using this new found knowledge. On top of these technical skills, we were able to learn how to work collaboratively using GitHub as a basis using the features of adding, committing, pushing, and pulling.
What's next for NightGuard
As with many projects in hackathons, there are some gaps where we could improve upon. For example, one of our biggest complaints as a group that we kept running into is that there tended to be a lot of white space. Taking the "index.html" for example, we found the colors to be a tad unfitting, and accidentally reminiscent of those found on the website, "Kahoot". In addition, as NightGuard is supposed to be an app, our website does not fully realize this goal. As such, another future step would definitely make it a more mobile-friendly interface.
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