GoTrail

GoTrail was my final project on the Northcoders bootcamp, designed and built as part of a team of 5. Our goal was to create an app to encourage people to get outdoors and explore their local area in a safe and fun way. Users create an account in the app and pick their TrailBlazer, who will follow them on their adventures. Users can view information about local trails to help them find one to fit their needs and then follow that trail using GPS tracking. As they explore, the user earns points based on difficulty, distance, time and elevation. Once users collect enough points, their TrailBlazer will evolve into a new form.

 The app was built using Flutter, Dart and Firebase which I learnt throughout the 2 weeks of the project.  It was quite a steep learning curve but, through teamwork and determination, we were able to implement all the main features we had planned for the app. My main responsibility on the team was to design and implement the TrailBlazers. I was able to utilise my 3D design skills to create our three unique characters and their evolutions. I then worked in a pair to create the functionality. When a user signs up to the app, they are prompted to choose their TrailBlazer and give it a name and this information is then sent to the Firestore database. When the user chooses to view their TrailBlazer, they will see information such as their current points, TrailBlazer stage, the corresponding image and how many points they need until the next evolution. The image will automatically update based on how many points the user has.

TrailBlazer Concepts

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