RedditGuessr

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Inspiration

This project was inspired by two games primarily: geoguessr and the buffalo wild wings trivia game. Geoguessr was the first inspiration as I thought it was cool to use an exisiting platform (google maps) to make a game out of, which I did with redditguessr. Also a lot of the mechanics are drawn from the bww trivia game which has multiple rounds where you try to guess the answer to a trivia game while getting more and more hints at the cost of points.

What it does

This is a trivia game where users will try to guess the subreddit the post comes from. There will be multiple clues about the post including an image, some comments, and the title. There are multiple rounds where users can try to get the most points possible and prove they truly know reddit.

How we built it

This was built primarily using the normal blocks api, as well as a separate simple site using golang http ssr for aggregating the reddit links used in the game.

Challenges we ran into

Debugging issues with the mobile client. Not having a ton of resources for local development, having to use the play site for quick feedback.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Making a game that mostly works, especially after having similar ideas for games related to social media sites previously.

What we learned

I've learned the blocks api, a bit of react, and some minor game state management

What's next for RedditGuessr

Introduce a daily version of the game, allow users to add rounds, connect my server to store the rounds outside of just json

Built With

• golang
• react
• reddit
• redis