"inside the Fandom Zone is where the magic happens"
Our Client, Oz Comic Con, wants to generate interest around Kit Harington as their special guest at the 2021 convention. They are running a competition to meet the star of the television series, Kit Harington, via a cosplay contest. They want an app that will appeal to their newer fans as a way to research their favourite character and register for the competition.
Generation Z (Gen-Z) is going to represent 82 million people by 2026, and they grew up swiping before they could talk. They are expected to be the next wave of Game of Thrones fans.
Their core values are rooted in authenticity and freedom of expression. With these factors in mind, we created the immersive portal, The Fandom Zone.
Once Gen-Z is enthralled in the bloody saga between the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, fans will be looking for a place to satisfy their insatiable appetite for all things Game of Thrones related.
Our focus was coming up with a way for fans to purge their new found interest, while meeting the goal of our client, Oz Comic Con - to create buzz around Kit Harington, aka Jon Snow, being their special guest at the 2021 convention.
IDEAL USER: New fans of the Game of Thrones saga, namely Generation Z USER GOAL: To learn all about their favourite Game of Thrones character. USER BENEFIT: To enter the cosplay competition to meet Kat Harington, aka Jon Snow.
- Description The Fandm Zone is a portal where new fans of the Game of Thrones saga can search for information about their favourite Game of Thrones character. This character search will render different results about the show, where users can drill down to their specific field of interest.
ThE Unique Selling Point => All information about the show are specific to a user's character search.
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Motivation To capture the attention of new Game of Thrones fans via the app's search engine, where users can find out about their favourite GoTs character. Users can then select their favourite character to enter the Oz Comic Con cosplay competition to meet the star of the television series, Kit Harington.
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User Story As a new fan of Game of Thrones, I want to learn about my favourite character, so I can enter the cosplay competition to meet Kit Harington at Oz Comic Con.
- once the user opens the app, they will be presented with an explanation about the purpose of the app.
- user will then enter a Game of Thrones character name into the top search bar.
- from the data presented, users then navigate to their field of interest via the four buttons at the bottom of the main content section
- once the user is satisfied they know all about theie favourite character, they can then enter the cosplay competition via the 'REGISTER NOW' button below the four navigation pillars.
- the use will fill out the form and wait to be contacted to see if their entry is accepted.
The Fandom Zone is available via the following link; Final app link
- Foundation CSS Framework by Zurb
- The Open Movie Database - API to fetch T.V data OMDb API
- An API of Ice And Fire - A Game of Thrones fan API to fetch character data API website
- GIPHY - Giphy search function GIPHY Developers
- Visual Studio Code
- Javascript/JQuery
Project Development Files - Google Drive
- Alvaro - Back End Development + Testing GitHub Profile
- Angelo - Back End Development + Testing GitHub Profile
- Nicole - Front End Development + App Design GitHub Profile
- Ruma - Front End Development + Foundation Framework development GitHub Profile
Acknowledgments:
- Background image Rad Game of Thrones artwork by Vincent Aseo
- Zurb Foundation Framework Templates
- Content Goodreads