Reddi

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  first version

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  not what i wanted but its something

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  docs page

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  concept

Inspiration

I was inspired by retro tech. Growing up, I had a Tamagotchi, and I enjoy creating a bridge between nostalgic and modsern "tech" experiences, which is a similar vibe to my other projects. A simple virtual pet is also perfect for user engagement. I also spent way too much time on Neopets back in the day 🙈.

What it does

You can feed, clean, and play with your pet and see how it reacts in real time. The goal is to create a fun, game that feels both nostalgic and interactive within Reddit itself.

How we built it

I built the app in VS Code with help from ChatGPT, iterating quickly on UI and functionality to bring the concept to life.

Challenges we ran into

I actually had to make four different apps before I finally got one running. The main blocker was figuring out how to create an interactive post on Reddit it felt like such a simple thing, yet kept tripping me up. I also hit dependency mismatches and Node version conflicts along the way.
More details of the debugging struggles are written up here: Project Blog.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

That I stuck with it despite the time constraints, balancing other personal projects, and life in general and saw it to the end, even though I don't feel it is polished yet but getting something playable at all was a win.

What we learned

Always allocate more time than expected to account for the unexpected problems you’re bound to encounter in development.

What's next for Reddi

I really want it to look more polished, spend more time on it. In the future my vision is for it to have more community engagement features - mood based on upvotes, comments etc - emoji based mood so it will appear as a "mood ring" for the community. I think this could be a fun subtly way to encourage positivity on reddit communities.

Built With

• css
• devvit
• javascript
• json
• node.js
• reddit
• typescript