Proposed Level of Achievement: Apollo 11
Android application: Sportal
An all-in-one Android app to solve all your sports match-finding needs
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Problem Motivation:
There are several problems currently faced by people who frequently play/have a desire to play sports:
- Not enough players to form a full game of a team sport
- Finding pickup games can be messy and disorganized
- Difficult for new players of a sport to find actual opportunities to play
- Difficulties in scheduling a proper game and managing the list of players who can make it
- Hard to find a group of like-minded individuals to be able to play a sport you enjoy together
As of present, we feel like there is a lack of a centralized platform for sports players to arrange and find proper matches with other players. In addition, if you want to organize a match, you have to coordinate time, location, and other details with all players and manage a list of who can make it, as well as disseminate important information with the players attending.
User Stories:
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As a match organizer who already has a venue and some/zero players already interested in playing, I want to be able to easily find more players to make up the amount needed to start a proper game.
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As a sports player, I want to be able to quickly find a joinable match that conforms to my constraints, such as time and location requirements.
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As a new sport player, I want to be able to find matches of the appropriate skill level which are also welcoming of new players.
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As a sports player/match organizer, I want to be able to easily communicate with players in the same game as me to settle details or simply have a chat.
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As a sports venue owner, I can promote my venue to groups of sport players by organizing matches when my venue is unbooked.
Project Scope
Aim:
Our objective is to provide a service that addresses the above issues in an Android application that emphasizes convenience and ease-of-use by:
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Providing said centralized platform for players to set-up and join games.
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Providing an integrated service to communicate, coordinate and manage all the details regarding the game.
Projected Technologies Used:
Core Features:
(To be done by 3rd week of June)
- User accounts
- Personalize your profile and let other users know more about you
- Create new games
- Create your own game
- Choose your preferred sport, time, venue and players needed
- View/manage games
- View and manage existing games
- Leave games that you are no longer interested in
- Game page
- View game details
- View other participants
- Real-time message board to disseminate information or interact with other users
- Search and join existing games
- Find a suitable game to join.
- Search based on sport type, location, time, skill level and more
Supplementary Features:
(To be done by mid July)
- Explore page
- Get recommendations for possible games to join
- Find out what�s happening near you
- Chat function
- Interact with other users on a more personal level
- Make new friends
- Friends/groups and group search
- Add other users as friends
- Form groups with other users
- Search for games with your friends
- View and post on your friends� activity feeds
- Incognito matchmaking
- Unable to find any suitable games?
- Let the app search for games in the background and notify you once a game is found
- Sports venue finder
- Get suggestions for sports venues
- User profile and feed
- Find out more about fellow users and see what your friends have been up to!
Program Overview
Application flowchart:
Blue boxes: App pages
Yellow boxes: Overlays and Fragments