Welcome to the documentation pages of the BioCatcher!

You can find here details about BioCatcher, from a high-level vision to low-level implementation decisions, a kind of Software Development Report, organized by type of activities:

• Business modeling
  • Product Vision
  • Features and Assumptions
  • Elevator Pitch
• Requirements
  • User stories
  • Domain model
• Architecture and Design
  • Logical architecture
  • Physical architecture
  • Vertical prototype
• Project management

Made by:

• Ismael Moniz - [email protected]
• Gabriel Lima - [email protected]
• Francisco Bettencourt - [email protected]
• Francisco Fernandes - [email protected]
• Luís Fiunte - [email protected]

Discover, collect, and battle Portugal's native fauna in an exciting Pokémon-inspired app! Explore the diverse wildlife of Portugal while learning about its ecosystems. Challenge your friends to epic battles using the animals you've collected. Dive into fun and education with our app!

• Login - Allows the user to keep their progress
• Battle - Allows the user to engage in battles between animals
• BioDex - Stores the user's animals and shows their characteristics
• Lootboxes - Box opening system to collect animals (gambling mechanic)
• Interactive map - Map of Portugal divided by regions where you can check their respective fauna and look up your completion for each region.
• Animal cards - Each animal has a card that gives information about their stats, level and general information about conservation status, average weight, longevity, etc.

• Firebase Store - Relational database service
• Firebase Authentication - Handles user criation and athentication
• Google Maps API - Used to display the map

Embark on an adventure to discover Portugal's rich biodiversity with BioCatcher, the app that turns our native fauna into an exciting journey. From the majestic iberian lynx to the slender lusitanian salamander, embark on quests to collect and learn more about the creatures that hide in Portugal's forests, rivers and seas. But it's more than a game - it's a platform where everyone can learn and educate themselves about wildlife and contribute to conservation efforts while having fun! There are so many interesting animals to discover, come and start your journey now!

Go to board

None yet

None yet

Our app main feature is being able to check a map and find out about region-specific animals. As such, one of the main challanges is the implementation of this map and finding a way to write over it.

While at this phase only the label "Viseu" can be seen, it is possible to implement such concept and our current implementation allows us to put text in any tile, at a specific zoom.

You can find below information and references related with the project management in our team:

• Product backlog and Sprint backlog in a Github Projects board;

• v0.0.1 (increment #0);
• v0.0.2 (increment #1);
• v0.0.3 (increment #2);
• v0.1.0 (Final increment / #3);

Clicking any image will open them in full size.

Sprint	Plans		Retrospective
	Backlog before	Backlog after
Sprint 0 (v0.0.1) Release	No board existed at this point.		System battle needs to be better defined. Sprint 1 will be focused in implementing the animal management and map view part of the app while we conceptualize the battle system.
Sprint 1 (v0.0.2) Release			The focus for the next sprint will be to effectively divide the workload and put more hours towards the project. Additionally, we have to better divide workload and do it in a more timely manner. The goals for the next sprint are finishing up the account system, implementing lootboxes, finishing the storage system and fixing any existing issues with the current code.
Sprint 2 (v0.0.3) Release			After this sprint, we must flesh out the combat system. Additionally, there is a need to focus in developing the map feature and adding the region labels to it.
Sprint 3 / Final Sprint (v0.1.0) Release			After this sprint, we finally almost fully implemented nearly all of the essetials features for the app. The app is quite ready to be shipped, with some bugs. Given we had one or two more sprints, we are confident we could deliver a full fledge game with a higher in-depth combat system and a fully implemented database. Finally, this project fommented our group-working skills, a essential thing in the work world. Being then a extremely positive impact on our methodology of work.