Clivy

Social media for gamers!

• Why

  I thought that it would be cool to have a dedicated social media exclusively for gamers since it is a huge community.

• Status

  No longer active as I got sick of working on it. Extremely burned out. Messy spaguetti code. Well, at least I learned to write readable more organized code :)

Platforms

• iOS
• Android

Tech used

• Main language used on the backend: TypeScript
• Frontend framework: Flutter
• API: Graphql
• Search engine: Elastic Search
• Main database: PostgreSQL
• Authentication: Self-made secure JWT implementation with token rotation
• Containerization: Docker
• All other cloud: AWS

Features

• Feeds

  Clivy has 2 different feeds:

  • For you: Shows recommended videogame clips based on the user's interactions on the app with a tailored-made recommendations algorithm written in PostgreSQL.

  • Following: Shows the videogame clips of the users you follow.

  The clips coming from each feed can be filtered by videogame. This means that you can choose to view clips from a specific videogame in the "For you" or "Following" feeds.

• Notifications

  You are notified when:

  • A user adds follows you
  • A user likes your videogame clip
  • A user comments on your videogame clip
  • A user replies to your comment
  • A user likes your comment
  • A user tags you in a comment, reply, or clip caption

• Likes and comments

  You can like and comment on any clips and other users can also like and comment on yours! Comments can also be liked and replied.

• Follow system

  A follow system is made to enable building relationships between users, it also helps with better videogame clip recommendations.

• Tagging system

  A tag system allows users to directly mention others by linking to their user profiles. This is done by using the "@" symbol followed by the username of the user being tagged, for example: "@juanmartin8a". When a user taps on this tag, the app navigates to the tagged user's profile.

• Clip information

  The information that can be found on an uploaded clip includes:

  • Video
  • Caption
  • Date and time of creation
  • User that created the clip
  • Like count
  • Like list
  • Comment count
  • Comment list

• Profiles

  Each user has a profile which includes the following information:

  • Name
  • Username
  • Profile picture
  • Follower count
  • Follower list
  • Following count
  • Following list
  • Clips count
  • Uploaded videogame clips

• User search

  A search engine for looking for people.

Pictures

Disclaimer

There are a few things to note about this project:

• I only have pictures from when the app was in development.
• At first, I tested the app by uploading any video instead of videogame clips.
• Often, I would use hard-coded data instead of the uploaded data in order to quickly test how the text data would look with different amounts of characters
• The last picture is the closest to how the app looked like.