Discovery Collection App Design

A Discovery App With a Collection and a Next Action

Abyssal Atlas uses two tabs, Atlas and Dive, to connect a collection with the actions that expand it. Atlas shows the current specimen and a scrollable archive. Dive lists the named expeditions associated with undiscovered records. The structure gives a visitor both something to browse now and a reason to move to another screen.

The initial header reads 7 of 13 specimens archived and 54% logged. Those describe progress through the whole archive. SPECIMEN 02 / 13 describes the currently displayed record instead. Keeping the labels visible is important: the visitor is looking at the second entry, but has already collected seven specimens.

Make Undiscovered Records Useful to Browse

Locked records remain part of the archive rather than disappearing from it. An unknown card keeps its numbered place and carries a named expedition such as Twilight Trawl. That gives the empty slot a useful purpose: it tells the visitor what to try next without revealing the specimen prematurely.

01

Keep the Collection Size Stable

Archived and locked entries occupy the same collection. A reader can understand the total scope without visiting a separate achievements screen. Because the locked cards use mission information instead of a species name, they communicate both a boundary and a route forward.

02

Separate Habitat From Rarity

Two pill rows filter by depth zone and rarity. These are different questions about the same collection, not competing navigation sections. The abbreviated labels save room on a phone; a field-guide adaptation should explain terms such as Meso and Bathy for readers who do not already know them.

03

Distinguish Browsing Position From Progress

The selected specimen number, archived count and percentage should remain consistent without being interchangeable. Filtering the visible cards is another operation again. A production interface should not silently change the meaning of the global progress indicator when a visitor narrows the list.

Move Between a Specimen Record and the Dive Queue

The Vampire Squid overview shows its common and scientific names, rarity, depth and first-found date. Opening the record adds a short description, a depth-zone label and a time alongside the date. The detailed view therefore contributes information instead of merely enlarging the same card.

The Dive Board starts with six expeditions and a separate 0 / 6 mission-queue count. Each entry names a dive, its depth zone and an objective before the Log this expedition action. The archive count remains visible above. These two totals let someone understand both the collection they have and the queue they can work through.

A Local Discovery Prototype With Sample Records

This is a local collection-and-unlock demonstration, not a live expedition service. Depths, sighting dates, rarity tiers and biological descriptions are source content, not independently validated scientific reference data. The isolated preview does not provide accounts or cloud synchronization. Source imagery is retained for this local review; permissions would need a separate check before public redistribution.