Social & Mobile

Talent Content Platform Launch

Real-time actions and live streaming that scale.

Project overview

Corvx built the mobile app, CMS, and website for a youth-oriented talent contest platform, from concept to 50,000+ downloads. The app supports live streaming, video uploads, social interactions, and contest mechanics designed around repeat participation.

About the client

The client is an entertainment startup building a social talent contest product. Young creators upload performance videos, enter themed contests, and build followings through live streaming. The timeline was tight, with demanding requirements for video, concurrency, and moderation.

The challenges

What stood in the way

Real-Time Performance at Scale

The app needed to support thousands of concurrent live streams, real-time voting, and instant social interactions, all without lag. Any latency during a live contest would kill the experience.

Content Moderation at Volume

With user-generated video content from a young audience, content moderation was not optional, it was a legal and ethical requirement. The system needed to handle automated and human review workflows.

Gamification That Drives Retention

The client wanted more than basic likes and follows. They needed a gamification system that created genuine competition, progression, and reward, mechanics that would keep users coming back daily.

Our Solutions

How we solved it

High-Performance Live Streaming

We built a custom live streaming infrastructure using WebRTC for low-latency broadcast and HLS for large-audience distribution. Real-time interactions (voting, comments, gifts) were powered by WebSocket connections with sub-100ms delivery.

AI-Assisted Content Moderation

A multi-layer moderation pipeline: automated AI screening for explicit content, a queue system for human review of flagged items, and real-time reporting tools for community members. Review turnaround averaged under 15 minutes.

Contest & Gamification Engine

A full gamification system with leagues, XP progression, badge collections, themed contests with brackets, fan voting mechanics, and a virtual economy for gifting and rewards.

The results

The app launched to immediate traction in the Southeast Asian market. It achieved 50,000+ downloads in its first quarter, became the first social entertainment talent contest app in its market, and sustained strong daily engagement driven by its gamification mechanics.

50K+

Downloads in First Quarter

<100ms

Real-Time Interaction Latency

First

Social Talent Contest App in Market

4.5★

Average App Store Rating

Technical overview

Built with

Mobile

Swift (iOS)
Kotlin (Android)
Firebase
Realm

Backend

Node.js
Go-Lang (streaming)
PostgreSQL
MongoDB

Streaming & Real-Time

WebRTC
HLS
Socket.io
Redis Pub/Sub

AI & Moderation

Google Cloud Vision
Custom TensorFlow models
Moderation Dashboard (React)

Our approach

Ship Fast, Iterate Faster

Phase 1: Core App Build

3 months

Native iOS and Android apps with user profiles, video upload, social feed, and basic contests. Backend infrastructure and CMS for content management.

Phase 2: Live Streaming

6 weeks

Built the live streaming engine, real-time voting, and interactive overlay system. Load tested with 5,000 concurrent viewers.

Phase 3: Gamification & Moderation

6 weeks

Implemented the full contest engine, XP system, badges, and AI-assisted content moderation pipeline.

Phase 4: Launch & Growth

Ongoing

App store optimization, crash monitoring, feature analytics, and weekly iteration cycles based on user behavior data.

Core capabilities

What we brought to the table

Mobile App

Native iOS and Android with live streaming, real-time voting, and social features.

Backend & CMS

Scalable infrastructure handling thousands of concurrent streams and millions of interactions.

Gamification

Leagues, XP, badges, and contests that drove daily retention and viral growth.

The method

Full-Stack Collaboration, Parallel Tracks

Our mobile, backend, and front-end developers worked in three parallel tracks, shipping features on a weekly cadence with minimal cross-team dependencies. Every week, we had something new for users to experience.

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