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https://github.com/chriscconte/san-fransisco-trail/tree/d3d5d60c3b27a7419c65bc8ed1f7e6b1a1e52b26

Kaveh:

  • The story of our application is a reflection of our semester's work in the world of software engineering. As a group of five, Kaveh and I were members of TeamEtrader, building a trading platform.

  • So its 4 am and you’re in Butler Library, on a wooden chair with minimal lumbar support. It's been a while since you've slept, but the thin layer of cold sweat on your brow, the harsh fluorescent lighting and the sense of impending doom has you wide awake. As you scribble down the last line of your proof, you exhale. Time for a break, you say. 2048 has been your go-to, a fast paced, arcade style game that is easy to get the hang of, and doesn't take long. You don't need strategy, nostalgia and clicking is what you desire.

  • It's time for something new. A game that you can play online, and compete for high scores against your friends. A game that allows you to see into your own future, coding in the wild world of San Fransisco.

  • Fast Forward 5 years: So you're a young, hip, tech-head who is fresh out of college, and you have no idea what to do. Armed with the little cash and equity you have from your summer internships (well, what you haven't spent on Soylent and Hoodies), you head out west in search of greater pastures. And thus you have put yourself on the SF trail! Invest your money in the stocks of new and emerging tech companies, then hunt and acquire those same companies. You need to be quick. So keep your eyes open!

  • The game begins when the first company you worked at IPO's. Time for some fast trading, in order to pay off all of that time coding at those lean startups with only enough salary to pay for some ramen noodles.

-So lets get to it

-We start by clicking start game; now I’m gonna let Chris take over here because I have the hand-eye coordination of a toddler.

Chris:

  • So let’s buy and sell some stocks.

[Begin invest phase]

[Talk about all the animations and sound effects]

  • You can see how when we buy a stock there is that pretty little animation

[Make some jokes about volatility in the market]

  • As you can see the market is quite volatile! Not as volatile as 2008 though I promise. Also no we do NOT allow people to cheat with high frequency traders or any kind of that nonsense. Everything here is being done with server-client side communication, through the use of sockets. So no malicious behavior is possible.

  • Back to the game! The trick is to get the stocks as they go on an upward tick.

  • BUY LOW, SELL HIGH, that’s the motto

  • The next part of the game is the coding phase. This is where we sell our skills coding for whoever will take us in. It's a tough business, especially with there being more startups than steel on the golden gate bridge. While you're coding, you're losing money. Each new word costs $100 and a mistake costs ten times that. Code enough words and soon enough you will hit your next investment round.

  • So lets get to it.

  • For every word you type in, if you get it incorrect, you had better get ready to lose money. You need to type in enough words correctly to get to the next round (usually around 10). These words are all company names. If you pass the hunt, you will make it to the next round.

  • We are like Peter Thiel looking for good companies, except we only pick winners.

[Pass the Hunt]

  • And we have passed the hunt! Now you see we will go to the next round. The next round begins with another invest phase. As you can see our wallet and score are preserved.

[Loop this once more; we make it through the invest phase and then we fail the hunt phase]

  • Ohhh no, we entered in too many words incorrectly. We have failed the hunt! But now we can post to the leaderboard for bragging rights.

  • Let’s enter my name.

[Enter name into leaderboard, then close the app]

  • Let’s re-open the app now.

[Open the app]

  • And now as you can see when we restart the app, my name is still there on the leaderboards. It’s all there for bragging rights.
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