Honk Me... Maybe?

Social Simulation
Goose Matching
Home Page
Goose Profile

Inspiration

Every dating app shows you the same thing: a filtered selfie, a height you didn't verify, and a list of hobbies nobody actually has. You're judging a book by its cover — and the cover is a bathroom mirror selfie. There's a better way to meet someone. We show you their goose.

What it does

HonkMeMaybe is a queer-inclusive dating app that transforms who you are — your face, your voice, your personality — into a personalized goose. You swipe on geese, not people. You fall for a honk before you ever see a face. It's Tinder meets natural selection. With geese.

Goosify Yourself Upload a photo and record a short voice note — talk about your interests, your vibe, your most chaotic Tuesday. Our AI transforms your face into a fully illustrated goose: feathers, coloring, accessories, and expression all generated from you. No two geese look alike.
Get Your Honk Your voice recording is analyzed for pitch, tone, rhythm, and personality. The result? A personalized honk — your goose's actual voice. It's the first thing a potential match hears when they land on your card.
Swipe on Geese You never see a face. You see a goose. You hear a honk. You make a decision based on vibe, humor, and personality — the way it should have always worked. Swipe right on geese that make you feel something. Swipe left on geese that don't.
Match & Nest When two geese like each other, the app erupts — confetti, chaotic honking, a full animated celebration. Your match screen isn't just a notification, it's an event.
Make a Gosling Together Matched? Combine your two geese to generate a baby gosling — an AI-blended illustration of what your chaotic offspring would look like. It's weird. It's adorable. It's extremely shareable.
Your Wild Survival Score Each profile gets a Survival Score — a running rating of how long you'd actually last in the wild based on your lifestyle. Boba addiction tanks your foraging instinct. Getting 8 hours of sleep bumps your score. It updates as you update your profile, and your match can see it. May the fittest goose win.
Goose Social Simulation - We built a living goose society. Every goose waddles, honks, and causes problems according to their owner's actual personality. It's a social simulation. It's a mirror. It's deeply unsettling.

How we built it

We used Next.JS, Gemini API, Supabase, Eleven Labs API, Tailwind, and Typescript to build the webapp.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into UX design issues, such as the loading page, the sound and accuracy of the honk, and the usual merge conflicts.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to generate a Harnold-inspired personalized goose of the user, personalize the honk based on the pitch, tone, and speed of the user. Also, the honking on the messaging platform is focused based on syllables and phrases that the user recorded as opposed to the entire recording on the very first page when a user creates their goose persona.

What we learned

We learned that geese are a more effective dating metaphor than we anticipated. We also learned that merge conflicts hit different at 3am, and that Eleven Labs can make anything sound unhinged if you ask nicely. In all seriousness, we learned the importance of communication – not through Honks but through English – when making changes to the database especially.