Devlog: Nov 16, 2024
AnimeTracker
- Now, I am trying out Figma to create a proper app design for my app
- I also asked AI for some features. Here are a list of which where good:
- Use AI to find recommendations (I want to learn how to use AI, so this would be good)
- Calendar integration (be able to sync to Google Calendar, etc.)
- Smart notifications (for when shows will be released), AI learns when you watch shows!
- Real-time updates showing most-watched, currently watched, etc. based on user data
- Have widgets for our app, can add to home screen to see the next release
- Here are my ideas:
- Weekly anime tracking (within the app)
- Add streaming links, and allow users to add their own custom streaming links
- Pulling reviews/stars from something like MAL
- Make a Chrome extension that syncs with this! You add the sites you watch anime on, and it automatically tracks when you watch a show!
- Financial talk:
- I really don’t want this to be a “money-making” app, this is just a chill project that everyone should be able to use for free!
- No ads!
- Good idea: We can integrate buying anime convention tickets, etc. through our app.
- Affiliate links to platforms (i.e. Crunchyroll) to watch anime on
- We need a focus on:
- Very, very simple and easy to use (this is our core!)
- Clean UI
- Should be able to sync across multiple devices/accounts, integrate your MAL?
- Focus on your app being a calendar app for Anime releases (core function), and BUILD upon that. Make it very easy and clean to use
Current home screen design
Low fidelity
High fidelity
- I think I need to “dim” the show’s splashes in the calendar → add a square over the area, and have a dark color, with opacity so you can see through it.
- The logos should be above this though