My app allows people to register for events, and check in for them. I want to add a fun feature to have at the event. I know I can do this with pen and paper, but that takes a lot more effort then a fun app.
What I want it to do is to look at the people who are currently checked in to the event while we are there. Then it will take those users and randomly match them up, and then on the person’s device it will show them who they are matched with, and the people now need to find each other to make introductions. This is a networking event, not a dating event, so its more just for getting people to meet people they might not normally do.
I think I can figure most of everything else out, but how to get a random matching of the people I’m not sure how I would do it.
Once it matches, it will update their event registration, so I would add a Match field for another event registration. So anytime we run the randomizer it will overwrite the existing match, and then display on each person’s screen.
If it was just a randomizer it might be easier, but I need it so that if A is matched with B then B is also matched with A.
Does this make sense? Any thoughts?