Inspiration
At school, we have used many different simulations to try and learn over the years in many science-based subjects. However we rarely see these for economics topics. We were also inclined to base our project around a younger demographic , as in our personal experience we never had much exposure to the world of economics before our A levels (16 years old).
What it does
This simulation showcases what happens to the price in a market when there are different amounts of buyer and sellers. This is shown on a graph and is explained in detail, with an activity for the user to take part in.
How we built it
We built this project using python but more specifically using the pygame library. We decomposed the task and we handled each section independently, writing every bit of code ourselves. Shiraz was behind the maths side of the project and William was behind the graphical interface. We spent numerous hours planning and finding the best ways to approach each section of our project.
Challenges we ran into
We had worked independently at points without informing the other. This caused a few issues in joining our code together but eventually we would find a solution. Another problem is that we didn't have that much experience with pygame beforehand so actually learning it and then implementing what we wanted was sometimes more difficult than we initially expected.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We ended up with a working project that covers all of our initial criteria - especially our text based version. We overcame all of our problems and improved our coding abilities together.
What we learned
We should definitely inform each other on certain decisions before implementing them as it will save each other time, which could be spent on actually progressing further with our project.
What's next
Continue to develop our skills as this is our first competition together. So we are looking forward to others in the future. I think that we will both branch further into the finance side of programming, because that is an area that we are both really passionate about.
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