Task Tamer

Inspiration

Our team wanted to reimagine how people stay motivated with everyday tasks. Traditional to-do apps feel flat and unengaging. On the other hand, monster collecting games create strong emotional investment through growth, bonding, and discovery.

We combined these ideas and asked a simple question: What if completing a real-life task allowed you to tame a monster?

Every task becomes a creature encounter, and finishing it transforms the wild monster into a companion. This connection makes productivity feel fun, emotional, and rewarding.

What It Does

Our project turns regular tasks into a collectible monster adventure.

Users can:

Create tasks that spawn wild monsters
Complete tasks to tame those monsters
Add new companions to their collection
The more productive you are, the more your collection grows.

How We Built It

We used a mix of Figma, SolidWorks, and Blender to bring the concept to life.

Figma (UI and UX)

Designed all screens including task creation, monster encounters, taming, and evolution
Built fully interactive prototypes using variants, components, and interactions

SolidWorks (Monster CAD)

Modeled the base monster bodies as 3D forms
Exported models for animation

Blender (Animation)

Rigged the SolidWorks models for movement
Rendered stylized animations for Figma integration
Exported frames for use inside our prototype

Challenges We Ran Into

Translating 3D models into a format that still looked good inside Figma
Making monster animations expressive without overcomplicating the CAD
Balancing productivity features with game mechanics so the app feels fun but still useful
Managing collaboration across CAD, animation, and UI design tools

Accomplishments We Are Proud Of

A fully interactive prototype that feels alive and emotionally engaging
Original 3D monsters modeled in SolidWorks and animated in Blender
A unique concept that blends productivity with creature companionship

What We Learned

How to move assets across SolidWorks, Blender, and Figma while maintaining quality
How game design principles can motivate real-life habits
How to create emotional feedback using animation and UI details
How to coordinate as a team across design, modeling, and animation
How to scope a playful game-like system inside a productivity tool