Small completions offered validation while priority work waited.
Planning wasn’t the whole problem.
Behavioural interviews informed three composite personas and 42 mapped steps.
Self-set deadlines carried less weight than someone else checking in.
Even structured planners forgot to mark tasks complete.
StartingPrioritising what's important.
Prioritising what's important.
Easy tasks could displace the priority.
One task gets the prominent slot, so the first decision has a clear starting point.
Shared stakesA reason to come back.
A reason to come back.
In the solo-project map, a message or invite arrives at step eight. Work starts at step eleven. That sequence informed the shared-stakes hypothesis.
The creature’s mood follows what both people finish. Neither person chooses it directly.
PrivacyMonitor your progress.
Monitor your progress.
Shared progress needs to show enough to hold someone accountable.
The partner view shows counts and rings, but the contents stay private.
Small actions. Visible progress.
Write it naturally.
Adding a task made easier, making sure you spend time doing, not managing.
Easy and rewarding accomplishments
Swipe to complete makes it a nice celebratory moment to finish something.
What remains to test
This is an early prototype going through testing.
The project is actively being tested to understand the dynamics.
Algorithms built to collect all user data to make the app better and support or disprove my hypothesis.