Sugar Race
Managing Diabetes with Social Gaming
The life of a child is filled with distractions. Unfortunately, distractions keep children with Type 1 Diabetes from maintaining their regimen properly. The goal of this app is to use a bicycle race, constructed as a Social Network game, to help children be diligent about their Diabetes management.
In this game, players race their bicycles against their friends, as well as anonymous players around the world. How players' bicycles perform depend on how well they practice their Diabetes management routine. The game rewards players for conforming to their regimen, as well as having healthy blood sugar level readings.
As mentioned in the San Jose Mercury News.
Technical Roadmap
- Build as HTML5 browser app with Rails backend
- Use PhoneGap to build native version for iPhone and Android
- Migrate PHR portion of backend data to: Google Health, Microsoft HealthVault, Dossia, etc
- Integrate calendaring and reminder features into health vault data.
- Build suite of related applications (desktop browser & mobile) that leverages this platform.
HTML5 Features
This app takes advantage of a few HTML5 features that should port seamlessly to iPhone and Android.
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Local Storage
Stores the player's nickname. This is used to perform a "quick start" when the app is first started. Local Storage allows the app to determine whether the player has played the game before; if so, they're immediately shown their Home Screen depicting the progress of their bicycles against their friends'.
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Geo Location
Determines Players' location in order to display local anonymous players, as well as localizing the timing reminders.
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Canvas
Players' bicycles lend themselves naturally to being displayed via the HTML5 canvas.
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HTML5 & CSS3
Build beautiful UI easily.