Flashpoint Prototype

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  Depositing Money

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  Playing the game and coming 1st

Inspiration

I was inspired by how Premium Bonds operate, but I didn't like the randomness of the prize draws.

What it does

Flashpoint is a saving and gaming platform. You must deposit a minimum amount of £10 into a Flashpoint account, this will enter you into the "£10 Tier" with 99 other people Every month there will be a game to play, how you do will determine your position in your tier. At the end of the month, you will be awarded the interest gained on the money pooled in your tier based on your final position. (e.g In the £10 Tier, 1st place will win £10, 2nd Place will win £6 ex.) The more money you deposit, the higher the tier you enter, the more you can be awarded at the end of each month. Flashpoint aims to educate young people about the power of saving and interest through games.

How we built it

Using Python (with Kivy)

Challenges we ran into

Understanding Kivy and Github

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Making our first app

What we learned

How to code using Python and Kivy

What's next for Flashpoint Prototype

(Aside from bug fixes and beautification) Flashpoint in Infinite in two ways: 1) It is infinitely scaleable, you can have as many tiers as needed to whichever amount people are willing to deposit. Flashpoint will work while banks exist.

2) It is infinitely appealing, what if we changed the simple maths game included with the prototype to Candy-crush to reach 30-50-year-olds, or to Wordle to appeal to students? The maths game included in the prototype is meant to appeal to 10-14-year-olds but this can be changed to reach almost any demographic! We could tap into 6.4 billion people with smartphones (2022) by simplifying and changing the attached game.

Next is to take advantage of this infinite potential

Built With

• kivy
• python