Inspiration
We were inspired to improve our community by providing others with a platform to improve the process of meeting new people at a party.
What it does
When users first enter the party, they are prompted with a personality questionnaire. They then play an "Emoji Feelings" game where they select emoticons to represent their emotion and discuss their answer with other players. The data from these two stages is used to match the player with a different user who has behaved most similarly to them, providing them with a new friend.
How we built it
We implemented our project with a native html and react front end connected by a flask server to a python back end that processes user data.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into many challenges as we tried to connect our local files to aws cloud software. These challenges were difficult to face but taught us much about programming.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are very proud of our front end development. We took the interstellar connection theme to heart and designed an outer-space inspired user interface.
What we learned
We learned that there is a lot that goes into creating a successful project beyond what we've learned in computer science classes. Integrating various APIs and translating between different programming languages posed complex challenges.
What's next for MixerMD
Our plan is to finish fully implementing our original vision. We will store our data on amazon's aws servers and continue developing our backend to add more functionality with various mini games.
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