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DonateCity — A Gamified Donation Experience

This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Generosity Edition What I Built I built a gamified donation platform where every donation helps you build and grow your own virtual city. Donations to different causes unlock or upgrade buildings, giving donors a visual sense of their impact. The platform also includes leaderboards and challenges, turning donations into a fun, social experience. You can…

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DonationCity is a gamified donation platform where users can contribute to building their own virtual city. Each donation helps unlock or upgrade buildings, giving donors a visual representation of their impact. The platform features leaderboards and challenges, turning giving into an engaging and social experience. Users can donate on behalf of others, helping them build their city and encouraging them to donate as well.

The main goal is to make giving more engaging, visible, and motivating, while encouraging people to donate more.

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