Inspiration
The idea for Gradient Descent came from our love for math and was inspired by the online game GraphWar.
What is Gradient Descent?
Gradient Descent follows the journey of a spaceship navigating its way through space with the usage of math!
This puzzle game forces users to think strategically to understand how to reach the target location by writing the optimal equation avoiding any obstacles on the way, all while collecting stars along the journey.
Features
Gameplay
Campaign Mode: 30 unique levels already created, ready to play. Level Editor: Create your own levels and share them on Reddit. Daily Levels: New official levels are released every day. Complete them every day to keep your streak!
Social
Leaderboard: Each level displays a leaderboard ranking how well you and other Redditors performed. Each player is ranked based on the number of stars and how long it took them to complete the level. GIF Sharing: Comment your function and ship path and show everyone your unique solving method.
What we learned
We learned how to use the Phaser and Devvit frameworks. Neither of us have ever used either platform, so creating a full game using both was a daunting challenge.
What's next for Gradient Descent
We want to promote this game through Reddit and get community feedback on it before it is officially released.
As for features, we would like to add support for more complex functions, more levels in the campaign mode, and challenges down the line.
We also want to add more community features such as user flairs on the subreddit.
Built With
- claude
- codex
- devvit
- html5
- javascript
- phaser.js
- typescript
- vite
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