WEEK 5 & 6: Do Good Project Proposal

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Date: 5 - 12 December 2023
*Note: No class/consultation on Week 5, so I combine my progress both Week 5 & 6.


Competitors Analysis:
I went through App Store and Google Play to find any grief related app that has similar features with CAPSOUL, but to no available. Because of this, I try to widen my search by finding any grief related app and I managed to find three mobile apps. I will analyse the purpose of the app, and their key features. I will also try to list down the cons of each app for my reference later.


For Grief Refuge and Empathy app, I could not physically try the app on my phone because of the app not available in the region. Hence, I could only analyse the apps by going through reviews and videos that I could find in YouTube. I will also go through their websites in order to understand the purpose of the app and their features. For GoodGrief, I had tested the app physically and made sure to take notes of the features of the app.

Because of insufficient grief related apps that has similar features to CAPSOUL, I decided to find any other mobile apps or webpages that has the similar features. This is to broaden my knowledge and find more information how does it works in different apps.



As I finished analysing, I moved on to build site map for CAPSOUL. With this way, I can create a blueprint for the overall structure and navigation of the app. It also allows me to strategically plan the hierarchy of information for each features, and at the same time I can think of how much I want to push each of the features to it's full potential.



Once I finished my site map, I roughly can tell which features would be the main features and side features. This helps me to identify which features I should pay more attention to in the designing phase and prototyping phase.


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Feedback:
The lecturer's feedback on my progress is that I am commended for my big efforts on this topic and the content planning, and he has no problem with everything that I had consulted with him so far. However he wants me to look back to my learning plan and think if my current plan has a lot of learning opportunities. He also asked me, what is the differences with previous semester subject and this project? Is it similar or different? If it's similar, I should think of something that can level up my current skill. If it's different, specify it in the learning plan.

After getting the feedback, I try to sit down and organize my thoughts to self-reflect. I realised that my current learning plan is too 'play safe' and if I were to compare to my previous semester subject, the only differences is the art style that I am going with which is 3D assets. With that, I plan to refine my learning plan in the upcoming week and make sure that what I want to learn in this project are worth my time and energy.


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Reference Link(s):

Grief Refuge LLC (2021). Grief Refuge. [online] App Store. Available at: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/grief-refuge/id1561406623?platform=iphone [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

‌Empathy (2021). Empathy - Loss Support. [online] App Store. Available at: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/empathy-loss-support/id1536395192 [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

‌Shaibani, S. (2022). GoodGrief. [online] App Store. Available at: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/goodgrief/id1597658024 [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

‌PiunikaWeb (2023). Spotify Playlist in a Bottle: How to create a musical time capsule. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h8yWdl2ZDw [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

Spotify. (2023). Playlist in a Bottle by Spotify. [online] Available at: https://playlistinabottle.byspotify.com/en [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

‌Planes, P. (2023). Paper Planes. [online] Paper Planes. Available at: https://paperplanes.world/ [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

‌Active Theory (2016). Google I/O 2016: Paper Planes - Active Theory Case Studies - Medium. [online] Medium. Available at: https://medium.com/active-theory/paper-planes-6b0008c56c17 [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

‌Intonation Studios Inc (2022). Sincerely - Off My Chest. [online] App Store. Available at: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/sincerely-off-my-chest/id6443709181 [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

‌Corp, B. (2021). DailyBean - simplest journal. [online] App Store. Available at: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/dailybean-simplest-journal/id1553223828 [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

‌Alan.com. (2020). Alan Mind - The Most Loved Mental Health App. [online] Available at: https://mind.alan.com/download [Accessed 16 Dec. 2023].

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