# Build a Social App for AO and the Permaweb - Phase 2

This bounty is to build off of the incredible work by the gatherChat team. We want to split into groups and tackle additional features of gatherChat, to make it an incredible social experience.

Listed below are features that can be submitted individually to qualify for this bounty. The top three entries for the entire project will be selected based on the judging criteria. For instance, if Team A submits Feature 1 and Team B submits Feature 2, they will compete for the reward, with the best entry, as per the judging criteria, emerging as the winner.

Teams have the option to tackle multiple features and submit their entries, but emphasis should be on the quality rather than the quantity of features delivered. Use your time wisely.

## Features

### 1-User customisable worlds

Since the last hackathon, Gather Chat has built in support for multiple worlds. However, there are currently only three fixed worlds. The next level of this will be having user-created worlds, with the ability to customise them to their liking, and then meet with other players there. Be sure to show off some beautiful examples of what can be done with the world editor!

### 2-User 1-1 Chat

It would be nice if when players are nearby they could have the ability to filter the chat stream to just those players. So when looking at the activity tab, we could have an option to filter stream by the players you are next to. You can also allow direct messaging between individual participants, and for bonus points encrypt the messages, or even add livestream audio/video!

### 3-Social-like Feed

This feature request is to make the chat panel look more like a social feed than a chat room. If users share media or images, embed in the feed via a timeline. Also, maybe list the feed with the newest at at the top. Emojis are a standard in a social experience, it would be great to have the ability to add reactions via the activity feed quickly when making a post, e.g. a "like" button. Also, maybe consider having a chat stream tab for the whole chat and a filtered version based on which world the player is in.

### 4-Mobile/Accessibility

Gather Chat currently requires ArConnect on desktop in order to play. However, it would be great to allow users to play without a wallet, or even when on mobile. One way of doing this is with Othent -- an Arweave wallet that uses Google OAuth to allow users to connect to AO/Arweave. You could also allow using a temporary wallet as a backup. Also, Gather Chat needs to have its interface overhauled to work on mobile, including an suitable layout and touch controls for movement.

### 5-Autonomous Characters

Add non-player characters (NPCs) to the world, which can interact with the player. This could be as simple as a character that moves around the world, or more advanced like character that can give the player quests. These characters might only activate on user interaction, but could even via run in the background via cron jobs. For something extra sepcial, you could power the bot using an LLM, e.g. [ao-llama](https://github.com/samcamwilliams/aos-llama).

## Bonus features:

### 6-Notifications

Support notifications via the browser, so if the chat is running in the background users can receive a ping if their name is mentioned. You could also send a notification to the user's personal process, so they could be notified even if they don't have Gather Chat open.

### 7-Embedded Images

AO should support attaching data to a message up to 10 MB, it would be nice to enable the image upload to use AO messages if the image is less than 10 MB. Then give the user the option to use turbo or something else to upload larger images/media.

### 8-Real Time Experience
Gather Chat currently works by periodically polling the MU, using the `aoconnect` client. However, this takes some time for the state of the world to update, especially when it comes to movement. Use your hacking skills to make the real time experience as smooth as possible, by whatever means necessary!

## Technical Requirements

You will need to understand Arweave, Graphql, React to complete this bounty. You will need general web development skills.

Starting Repo: https://github.com/elliotsayes/gatherchat/tree/main

Working app: https://gatherchat.arweave.dev/#/

Learning Resources

| Name. | Description | Link |
| ------ | ----------- | ---- |
| Arweave | Arweave - Permenant Storage BlockWeave | https://wiki.arweave.dev |
| AO | ao The Computer | https://ao.arweave.dev |
| Permaweb Cookbook | Working with Arweave and the Permaweb | https://cookbook.arweave.dev |
| AO Cookbook | Working with AO | https://cookbook_ao.arweave.dev |

## Judging Criteria

- Functional - Submission must be functional
- App should address as many features of a social app as possible
- User-Friendly
- Should be easy to use
- Looks
- App should look great on Desktop and Mobile
- Decentralized
- 100% of the app should be on chain, running on Arweave/AO/Permaweb.