{"id":44,"date":"2026-02-12T21:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:09:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bodega2.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-center\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5c8fb865 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-95996b15 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Manage your budget, invest, and save!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>Bodega Budget is a Rogue-like experience aimed at educating teens about basic concepts in finance, such as budgeting, investing, and saving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/media\/\" style=\"background-color:#f3b200\">Media<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">What is Interest Curve?<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,218) 0%,rgb(255,212,179) 100%)\"><strong>We are a group of graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University&#8217;s Entertainment Technology Center, working on a client project called Bodega Budget with Syclus. The project aims at educating teens in the African-American community about finance and budgeting, to facilitate upwards mobility in future generations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BodegaBudgetSquare-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274\" style=\"width:210px;height:auto\" 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game<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/about\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"297\">About our game \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58\" style=\"width:211px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images.png 225w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Syclus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">Our client, an <em>NYC-based Black-owned company<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syclus.org\/home\">Syclus&#8217;s website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/interest-curve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ETC-Unitmark-square-w-on-r.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-346\" style=\"width:210px;height:auto\" 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