Git Money

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Inspiration

The process of learning about data structures and algorithms can be daunting for most people, with having to watch boring tutorials or do tedious practice problems. Git Money gives people a fun way practice these DSA problems in a fun and competitive boardgame style way.

What it does

Git money is a heist themed game where two players compete in coding challenges to progress on a board game. One player starts as the cops and the other player starts as the heist team. The cops have to catch up to the heist team before they are able to escape. Players are also able to activate powerups along the way.

Powerup	Effect	When
EMP	Disables your opponent’s Run button for 15 seconds.	During coding
Blackout	Covers your opponent’s editor for 6 seconds.	During coding
Jammed Comms	Hides your opponent’s test results for 20 seconds.	During coding
Smoke Bomb	Hides your score and test progress from your opponent until the round ends.	During coding
Roadblock	Reduces your opponent’s next move by 1 tile, with a minimum move of 1.	Powerup phase
Getaway Car	Adds 1 tile to your next move.	Powerup phase
Shield	Blocks the next hostile powerup used against you.	Automatically armed on pickup

How we built it

Frontend: Next.js , React , and Tailwind CSS
Code editor: Monaco, supporting Python and JavaScript challenges.
Backend: Node.js and Express, with Socket.IO for real-time multiplayer.
AI code quality: Google Gemini for code-style reviews

Challenges we ran into

The main challenge encountered was definitely the whole back-end. Getting real time multiplayer to work took lots of troubleshooting, and stacking it on top of browser based code execution was a new experience. We also had to tinker with the style of the front-end a good bit before finding something we were happy with.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Making a cool game that we enjoy playing
Making our first real time multiplayer game
Learning all about how websites like Geoguessr, Leetcode and other browser games actually work behind the scenes.