Ambiencity

Inspiration

Pre-worldwide-pandemic, much of our team spent long hours at cafes or various other hideouts to get work done or to simply chill. Now, we can make dalgona coffee all we want, but there's something simply we can't replace: the peaceful yet busy ambience of a haven away from home.

What it does

Ambiencity is a web application that mimics cozy spots around a city where people could hang out, drink coffee, and boost productivity. It currently uses two locations that utilize comforting backgrounds, ambient music, a to-do list, and a Spotify widget to play their own music if desired. Our application brings users the atmosphere of their favorite place to study, burn the midnight oil, or even just hang out.

How we built it

Our application was built on Glitch, a web application platform that utilizes HTML, Javascript, and CSS.

Challenges we ran into

Since our application had many features and it our team was a generally beginner group, we had a lot of trouble navigating our way through the application. Specifically, we had much trouble with the input of the Spotify embed link as well as the positioning of all the different elements on the screen.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

As a team, we are especially of how the website pulled together in the end and was able to do much of the features that we originally envisioned creating.

What we learned

We were able to learn much about HTML and Javascript, as well as how the two could be connected through code, and more specifically we learned a lot about how to embed sound or videos.

What's next for Ambiencity

Ambiencity is, in name, meant to be a city, and we understand that there are many different types of environments in which people would like to be in when they are at home. In the future, our team plans to add several more locations, as well as informational sections on these pages so that users can learn about things like native plants or endangered species.