March>>>Forward Challenge 4

Create a Game Changer App!

🌟 Bestie Bank Poll 🌟

How Do You Save for Fun Events?

Hey Besties! πŸ’– We all love planning for awesome events like concerts, trips, and shopping spreesβ€”but saving up can be a challenge! Tell us how you usually save money! πŸ’°βœ¨

Challenge 4 Guide:

Create a Game Changer App!!

Simply follows steps 1 to 5 to be in this challenge prize draw 😲

Step 1: Define Your App Idea

πŸ“Œ Goal: Create an app that helps you save money for a special event with your BFFs.
πŸ’‘ Example App Idea: Bestie Bank – A fun and social savings app where girls can save individually or as a squad for exciting events like concerts, birthday parties, or shopping trips.

Step 2: Plan the Key Features

Use these guiding questions to design your app’s unique features:

1️⃣ What does the app allow users to do?
βœ… Set savings goals for special events
βœ… Create savings squads with BFFs
βœ… Track progress visually (piggy bank fills up!)
βœ… Earn fun rewards & badges for milestones
βœ… Get money-saving tips & challenges

2️⃣ Why would girls need this app?
πŸ’– It makes saving fun, social, and easy!
πŸ’– Helps users avoid spending money impulsively.
πŸ’– Teaches smart financial habits in a creative way.

3️⃣ What makes it different?
✨ Social Saving: Invite BFFs & track savings together.
✨ Gamified Experience: Fun challenges & rewards!
✨ Parental Matching: Parents can contribute bonuses for hitting milestones.

Step 3: Design Your App (Mock-Ups)

Here are the core screens for you to design & sketch:

πŸ“± 1. Home Screen – Shows user’s total savings, active savings goals, and a motivational quote!
πŸ“± 2. Savings Goal Screen – Lets users set an event goal (example: concert 🎀) & see a progress bar.
πŸ“± 3. Squad Savings Screen – See how much each friend has contributed & send fun emoji messages.
πŸ“± 4. Savings Challenges – Daily/weekly challenges to boost savings (example: β€˜Save $5 today for a badge! πŸŽ‰β€™)
πŸ“± 5. Rewards & Badges – Unlock cute stickers, themes, and in-app goodies when goals are reached!

Step 4: Pick a Look & Feel

πŸ’– Colour Scheme: Examples: pastels (pink, purple, mint, gold).
πŸ”  Fonts: playful & stylish (e.g., Quicksand, Poppins).
πŸ“Έ Images & Icons: piggy banks, sparkles, squad avatars.
πŸ“ Layout: easy, fun, and user-friendly with cute animations.

Using the blank screen templates provided below, tinker and experiment until you are satisfied with your designs🌈

Step 5: Get User Feedback!

Bonus – design a customer feedback form🎀 Ask your friends & classmates:

●      Would you use this app?

●      What features do you love?

●      Any improvements or fun ideas?

πŸ“„ Create a quick survey to get feedback & improve your design before submitting!

Submit & Win! πŸ†

🎯 Finish your mock-ups & feature list and then share your work to be in the draw to win some cool prizes for this challenge draw!!!πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
πŸ“© Submit your design & feedback results by March 16th at 5PM AEST (Queensland Time) to: hello@gdostem.com.au

πŸ“© Subject line: Challenge 4 – Game Changer App

πŸ“© Parent Permission is needed

 

🌟Remember your 5-star work may just feature on our socials 🌟

Grand Prize: inching closer to you πŸ©·πŸ†πŸ©·

Remember if you finish all 5 challenges you could be our winner of an iPad 10, 64 GB with Wi-Fi from our friends at Telstra…Good times!🩷🩷🩷

**Please note that the iPad does not come with an included plan, pre-paid plan or sim card*

Only ONE more challenge to go 🩷🩷🩷