Pawmodoro

Pawmodoro tackles a real problem: staying focused is hard, and for adolescents with ADHD it is harder — plain Pomodoro timers help but rarely sustain engagement. The app wraps focused study in a pixel-art world where a virtual pet and a customizable room turn discipline into a game. Built as my undergraduate thesis and validated with real teenage users, it blends a SwiftUI client, a Python (FastAPI) backend and Supabase.

• Three gamification pillars guide the design: achievement (earning coins + visual progress), ownership (buying items + customizing the room) and creative empowerment (freedom to decorate).
• A SwiftUI client drives the pixel-art focus sessions and pet interactions; a FastAPI service with Supabase handles accounts, data and the coin economy.
• Validated in two rounds — a usability test with 2 teens, then a one-day field evaluation with 10 teens and a 13-question survey.
• User feedback drove real fixes: a clearer 'Start session' button, sound cues at the end of each cycle, and a gentler pet-needs pace.

• Pixel-art Pomodoro focus sessions
• Virtual pet with needs to care for
• Coin economy + item shop
• Customizable, decoratable room