🌱 Study Garden 🌱

Study Garden is a gamified study-tracking web app where productive time earns you rewards to grow a virtual garden.
Every minute of focused study gives you resources (coins) to unlock plants, seeds, and decorations.
It’s both a study tool and a casual game to keep you motivated.

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Features

User

• Account creation, login, and password management
• Personal data stored securely
• Leaderboard to compare progress with others

Study

• Stopwatch with adjustable time in 5-minute increments
• Earn 1 coin every 5 minutes of completed study
• Coins saved progressively to prevent losing progress if the tab closes
• Option to run study sessions (earn coins) or break sessions (no coins)

Garden

• Interactive oblique-view garden
• Spend coins to buy seeds, plants, and decorations
• Randomized seed packs with rarity levels
• Expand garden lot size to grow more plants
• Persistent piggy bank visible on both study and garden screens
• Leaderboard displayed on garden screen

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS
• Backend: AdonisJS
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Other Tools: Slack (team communication), GitHub (version control), Vite (building tool)

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Team Members

• Wyatt Granlund — Backend + DB management
• Tony Guillen — Backend
• Adele Menezes — Frontend (learning JS/React)
• Isabella Perez — Frontend development
• Luke Thomson — API integration

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Milestones

1. User System
   • Create accounts, login, and store user data
   • Verify usernames and passwords
2. Study Tab
   • Stopwatch for user-selected intervals
   • Coin updates every 5 minutes
   • Break vs. study session toggle
3. Garden Tab
   • Display garden in oblique view
   • Add/remove plants, expand lot size
4. Shop
   • Buy seed packs with coins
   • View unlocked seeds

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Inspiration

Projects like Study Bunny, studywithme.io, and Duolingo inspired Study Garden’s gamified approach.

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