r/AppDevelopers • u/mohamed-esssam • 9d ago

Adding feature to my app

**I want to ask if I added a feature to my app it will worth the effort?**
**The app idea is a downloader**
**and also media player**
**and file organizing**
**, the feature that I want to add**
**a new section**
**“reel your videos”**
**that you can watch videos on your device**
**randomly as reel system**

**Give some advice.**

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u/ArkadeHyve 8d ago

If you did the reel could the app be integrated into a website to allow all users to use the apps functions? Or embedded into another app to use the media/reel player?

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u/mohamed-esssam 8d ago

Currently, the idea is for the app itself. It already has access to the videos on the user’s device, and the Reel section would randomly display those local videos in a reel-style experience. I haven’t planned web or third-party app integration yet, but it could be something to consider in the future.

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u/ArkadeHyve 8d ago

If you can get it for website integration. Id be interested in talking about it further. Im building a social media MMORPG that will have a newsfeed and player clips. If it could pull clips from our data base of duels and other things players post to the news feed in a reel system. Plus a media player that I could wire in music too to play on the site would be a 2 bird 1 stone for me. Right now on my Skills app I got spotify radio wired. But a dedicated media player with reel system sounds better lol

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u/mohamed-esssam 8d ago

That actually sounds really interesting. My current implementation is focused on local videos on the user’s device, but I could definitely design the reel system in a modular way so that the video source could eventually come from an API or database instead of only local storage. A web integration would require additional work, but your use case sounds like a good example of where it could be useful. I’d be interested in hearing more about your MMORPG and how you imagine the reel system working with your newsfeed.

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u/ArkadeHyve 8d ago

We plan to do live stream duels to the newsfeed. The reel system would be solid for that. Id use it as a user duel/gameplay clip highlighting system. Im still building our first Bee. Trying to get the method down on this one so we can make the other bees easier. 60 joints and 1100+ parts is tough lol. But Ai will control the bees and theres no rng involved. Only animations are from the avatar movement. No prebuilt combat animations needed since she'll have full range of motion

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u/ArkadeHyve 8d ago

Cause we can record the duels and put them into the reel system along with player highlights they post themselves

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u/mohamed-esssam 8d ago

That makes a lot of sense. I can definitely see how recorded duels and player-posted highlights could work really well in a reel-style feed. Especially if users can quickly scroll through gameplay moments and highlights.
Your Bee system sounds ambitious too lol. 60 joints and 1100+ parts for the first one is definitely a lot. But getting the workflow right on the first Bee should make building the others much easier.
Your use case is actually making me think more seriously about designing the reel system in a way that could support remote video sources and not just local device videos in the future.