Shoebox
Every photo is a question: where were you, and when?
THE
PROBLEM
Photo-guessing games rely on a stock library everyone shares, so they get stale fast and never feel personal. I wanted a daily game built from your own camera roll — which means grading against real EXIF truth — without ever sending a single photo off the device.
OUR
APPROACH
Shoebox deals you a daily roll of five of your own photos. For each, you mark where on a map and set when on a film date stamp, then it grades your roll against the photo’s real location and date. The whole interface is built around the physical culture of photographs — prints with white borders, a darkroom safelight in dark mode, a press-and-hold loupe for clues, and a haptic matched to every interaction. Everything runs on device; photos never leave the phone.
Every photo is a question — guess where and when
A daily roll dealt from your own library
Mark the spot, set the date, get graded
IMPACT
PROCESS
CONCEPT
Framed a daily game graded against the truth in your own photo metadata
DESIGN SYSTEM
One rule: a treatment ships only if photographs, darkrooms, or contact sheets actually work that way
ENGINEERING
Built a deterministic daily roll, EXIF grading, and on-device persistence in SwiftUI
HAPTICS & FEEL
Matched a distinct haptic to each interaction — the X, the date wheels, the verdict thunk
SHIP
Polished to an App Store‑ready build with marketing screenshots
TECHNOLOGIES & SKILLS
