Inspiration
The main inspiration behind CapitalSim was our realization that we are soon to be free from our parents. With that freedom, however, comes greater responsibility. Many college students have little idea of how to budget or manage their money properly, and with the added pressure of student loans, they find themselves in pools of debt. We wished to remedy this problem by creating our simulation to give students a way to practice money management.
What It Does
Our finance simulation is an engaging game that gives users an identity with a certain financial situation, and they must respond to it by budgeting money accordingly to get themselves through the fiscal year. Not only is it fun, it is also quick and easy to play. Users can also play multiple times to receive different situations. As users play, they are acquiring knowledge in how to budget money in smart, self-controlled ways in order to end the year as safely as possible financially. The skills developed by this simulation can be used in the future when users may find themselves in similar situations.
How We Built It
We used repl.it to build our HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. It took a lot of hard work and determination to make the simulation work properly!
What I Learned
We learned a lot about collaboration through an online means. Since we were not used to online hackathons, we had to figure out how to call and message efficiently.
What's Next for CapitalSim
Some plans for the future we have for our website are the following. First of all, we could program and create a wider variety of variables to take into account so that users would have to think harder in order to budget correctly. We could also create a wider variety of situations, so that users could play more times. Another thing we could do would be to expand the reach of the website beyond the simulation and include basic textual finance lessons. Finally, we can animate the simulation or add images to increase user engagement. We have no doubt that the future of CapitalSim is a bright one.
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