BarBingo

Bridging the gap between location-based gaming and physical socializing, one bar at a time.

Name: BarBingo
Platform: Android
Author: Ezra Velazquez
Release: Dec 13th, 2010
Technology: Android OS, Processing, JAVA, Yahoo API
Version: 1.0

App: “Click Here” to download app for your Android-enabled phone

Note: Developed for (480 x 800) screen resolution

Snapshots:

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Final project for Introduction to Computational Media at ITP – NYU

Purpose: BeerBingo attempts to bridge the gap between location-based gaming and physical socializing.

How it works:

• Gamer enters zipcode
• App accesses database to gather relevant information
• Gamer is presented with a bingo board with nine (9) touchable tiles.
  • Each tile represents a bar. When tile is touched:
  • Revalant information for the bar is shown
  • Map of bar’s location is also shown.
  • Gamer can either select ‘yes’ for if they visited the bar or ‘no’ if they have not
    • Clicking ‘yes’ takes gamer back to the bingo board, with associated tile blacked out and unresponsive
    • Clicking ‘no’ takes gamer back to the bingo board, and associated tile has full functionality
• Once gamer gets bingo:
  • Click on bingo button
  • If Bingo has been achieved, go to congratulations screen
  • If Bingo has not been achieved, stay in bingo board screen.

Precautions:

• Issue: Slow data load
  • Solution: Loading screen implemented
• Issue: Non-digits entered
  • Solution: Only accept digit input
• Issue: Non-existant zipcode
  • Solution: Asks for zipcode again
• Issue: Wrong digit selected
  • Solution: Delete key offered on-screen
• Issue: Prematurely selecting continue button
  • Solution: Continue buttons disabled until gamer enters appropriate info

Development Process:

• Get API’s working properly
• Design Bingo Board
• Determine classes & objects needed
• Develop classes
  • Front-End
    • Bingo Board screen
    • Detail screen
    • Bingo screen
    • Input screen
    • About screen
  • Back-End
    • Main API class
    • Map API class
    • Bingo Algorithm
    • Keypad
• Integrate classes
• Button functionality
• Debugging Mode
  • Debug Code
  • Comment Code
  • Clean Code
  • Make code efficient
• Export for Android

Bugs/Issues:

• Designed for 480×800 px screen. Performance on other resolutions will vary.

Future Development:

• Implementing GPS to populate bingo board based on gamer’s location
• Implementing GPS to mark bars visited by gamer

Solution: Code

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Author: ezraezra

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