Odds of Winning

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  Users can create a new game from the menu.

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  The amount of points (1 - 100,000) and a number are randomly selected by the app.

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  Players also have an option to pick a number themselves by clicking PICK A NUMBER MYSELF.

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  If the selected number matches the result, the player collects the point.

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  Refresh the page to play the game again.

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  If the selected number does not match the result, the player collects no points.

What it does

Odds of Winning is a social experiment game inspired by Illusion of Control (link). People with high illusion of control tend to overestimate their ability to control events that happen purely based on chance. This is why many people feel more confident in their odds of winning when they pick their own lottery number. In each game, the players are given a randomly generated number (1 - 4) with an option to change it. The purpose of this simple social experiment is to see how many people prefers to pick their own number and how this result is affected by the amount of points.

How we built it

Devvit library and Reddit's developer tools

Challenges

Discovering this hackathon two days before the submission deadline, it was not an easy decision to join. With the limited time and pressure, I tried out a few different ideas and was able to submit a partially implemented app. Some features that I failed to implement in this app includes a leaderboard, a 90-min break timer between games, and a statistical graph that shows the percentage of people who picked their own number.

Built With

• devvit
• typescript