Ever agonized over which game to watch during a tournament? GameChanger to the rescue! This command line tool mines relevant tweets and delivers up-to-the-minute updates on what everyone's talking about. GameChanger will let you know which games are going on at any given time, as well as which is most popular among Twitter users at that moment. It will also note 'game changing' moments of explosive Twitter activity, just in time for you to reach for your remote!
Currently, GameChanger is being developed as a small demo program, focused on a short span of coverage during the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. We would love for this to grow into a more powerful tool, covering a wide range of multi-game sporting events and presented in a real-time, attractive GUI. If you'd like to contribute, open an issue and code away! This project is openly available under an MIT License.
While still in beta form, a GameChanger demo is live, allowing you to explore text and graph based updates about the 2014 NCAA Men's Tournament. Follow the instructions below to begin using our latest code!
Ensure that the following are installed on your system (both needed if you want to run the graphing mode):
Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/britth/GameChanger.git
Open a terminal, navigate to the GameChanger directory, cd GameChanger, and issue the following command: python gamechanger.py
Follow the prompts in your terminal to explore tournament action!
To terminate the program, press CTRL-C on your keyboard
If you want to explore an experimental interface in development for text updates, issue the following command: python gamechangerCurses.py (& quit by closing your terminal window)