Rock, Baby!

Logo
Rock Throw Art
Paper Throw Art
Scissors Throw Art
Loose Screw Card Art
Gun Card Art
Opposite Day Card Art
Card Jail Card Art
Deal With The Devil Card Art
Washing Machine Card Art
Cat Card Art
Australian Washing Machine Card Art
Guardian Angel Card Art
Opposite Day Status Effect Art
Guardian Angel Status Effect Art
DoNothing Placeholder Card Art

Inspiration

We started with the idea to build a Jackbox-style lobby based game, which after some brainstorming landed on the idea for a spruced up rock-paper-scissors game. Our team liked this idea both because it helped us try out some work with a dedicated frontend/backend, and because we liked the idea of building a fun app we could use to resolve coin-flip disputes!

What it does

Our game is based on a simple game of rock paper scissors, but adds a pick-up-to-three card hand system that makes it a little more interesting than the game is by default. The cards range from cycling the player's throw (rock paper or scissors) choice, to destroying your opponent's or your own throw, to making a deal with the devil. Our goal was to enhance the randomness of the game, while adding a layer of gamification to make it more fun!

How we built it

We started from scratch, using fastapi, preact (a high performance react alternative), and vite (frontend packaging tool) to build our webpage. Python was used to code the backend cards and logic. Miranda created all of our beautiful card art, status effect icons, and logo!

Challenges we ran into

Formatting the website correctly so that the cards display (centering divs). Making the client talk to the backend. Setting up DNS and proxy for server security

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The lobby join system is SUPER SEAMLESS. Miranda's art is AMAZING.

What we learned

CSS formatting is hard :(

What's next for Rock, Baby!

Rock, Baby is just at the start of what it could be! We had several more card ideas we unfortunately didn't have the time to implement. Other than new cards, there are several options for continued development, including: higher quality and more numerous animations, more interesting card interactions, and it could even be a base for a higher-level rock paper scissors based strategy game!