A fun website for everyone!
"Health Care Heroes" is the game we initially intended to use for this website. At the time this website is published the game wasn't working. We added a link to another game called "Pixel Race" where users need to enter an username and then press enter to start playing the game.
- Sally Jain
- Sonnet Xu
- Sarah Nkambou Tchunkuo
- Elizabeth Bazhenov
- A website that can help bring a sense of relief and humor to users around the world.
- Provide mental break for users with humorous content
- Not aimed to forget about COVID-19, but help feelings and personal self Allows users to share and comment on images and interact with other users
Basic Webpage Features
- Registered User-Login
- Access to different blog posts for users of different ages
- Allows user to create and share blog posts with other users
- Users can chat and discuss website, content, talk with other users
- The situation with COVID-19 is extremely stressful, so we wanted to create a website where people could relax by making funny blog posts and reading other users’ funny stories.
- We have also embedded a game into the website as a fun way to acknowledge the current situation and show the importance of healthcare workers in bringing COVID under control.
Stress Relief Benefits
- Individual Benefits: Humor helps reduce stress, leading to:
- Sleeping Better
- Better weight control
- Healthier body
- Better mood
Communal Benefits
- Easier time to get along
- More positive interactions, better sense of peace
Community of Users
- Can discuss issues, talks things out, reduce stress
FunnyAble
- FunnyAble - Website with user-created blog posts
- Webpage of images from users/sources
- Comments on images
- Chat interactions with Users (Text, Video)
- Simple games available in the near future
- Tailored to reduce stress and inform audience
9GAG Image: (9GAG, 2012)
- 9Gag.com - Humor Blog
- Webpage of images from variety of sources
- Comments on images
- Interaction with other users (Text)
- No games
- General social media
FunnyAble - Blogging website for users of different age ranges
- Laugh and Humor to reduce stress
- Teach users important topics about COVID-19 (Game included!)
- Users’ interactions and chat also important
- Mission: More laughter leads to less stress leads to a happier world
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