UI/UX Designer | Graphic Designer
EcoQuest
24-Hour Design-a-thon Challenge
Role: UI/UX Designer
Date: Apr. 6th 2024 - Apr. 7th 2024
Tools: Figma, Procreate, After Effects, Premiere Pro
Teammate: Madison McClelland
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PROJECT CONTEXT
This project was part of a Design-a-thon hosted by the Gator User Design club at the University of Florida. My teammate, Madison McClelland, and I, designed a sustainability app called “EcoQuest”, in under 24 hours. Our project won Best Overall Design!
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1. Welcome to EcoQuest!
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Upon hearing the design topic
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"The Healthier Future", Madison and I immediately began brainstorming ideas surrounding food, mental health, and the environment.
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We decided to design a mobile app related to improving the future health of the environment.
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Our main goal was to create an app that helps and encourages users to implement sustainable practices into their daily lives with the hopes of building habits.
2. Learn the basics
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Upon hearing the design topic
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"The Healthier Future", Madison and I immediately began brainstorming ideas surrounding food, mental health, and the environment.
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We decided to design a mobile app related to improving the future health of the environment.
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Our main goal was to create an app that helps and encourages users to implement sustainable practices into their daily lives with the hopes of building habits.
3. Customize your Earth
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We wanted to add an emotional element to the app to further motivate users. We did this by creating a little Earth mascot that the user would be able to interact with.
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Completing tasks would improve the status of the interactive Earth, making the user feel a sense of responsibility. Our earth mascot was inspired by the rubber hose animation style.
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We were inspired by management games in which the user is tasked with taking care of certain responsibilities within the app. We figured this would be a great way to motivate people to practice sustainable habits everyday.
4. Motivate yourself
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On the leaderboard page, users can toggle between the local and the global leaderboard.
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This feature is meant to encourage users to complete tasks through friendly competition and incentives.
5. Manage your profile
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On the profile page, a user can edit and view their profile.
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They can also view their stats of the week, as well as their stats of all time.
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Users can also earn achievements for completing certain tasks. These achievements can be viewed on their profile.
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Users can add friends and view community profiles to connect with others around the globe.
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The more that a user interacts with the app, the more they will build sustainable habits that end up making a positive impact on Earth.
