String Invaders

Inspiration

I wanted to learn the piano, but existing apps are expensive and feel like a chore. I noticed that we all learn to play specific (useless) combination of buttons just to win some computer game. Why not learn useful combinations instead (like musical chords) and built the muscle memory needed to play the piano?

What it does

String Invaders is a game where you use musical notes as bullets. Shoot a note by pressing the right key with your MIDI input.

How we built it

I built it using bolt.new, in a single prompt, by first writing and refining a detailed prompt.

Challenges we ran into

Iterating on various ideas to make sure the game is responsive. Initially the notes were the enemies, but delaying their movement/destruction made not game not responsive.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

It works! Iterating on the prompt was worth it, and thinking of how to guide the AI makes the game design processes a lot more fun and detailed.

What we learned

Bolt.new works better than I expected, it especially creates nice-looking UIs.

One-Shot Competition

This submission was initially built for the one-shot competition. The entire app was created in a single prompt, it doesn't use any external assets or manual code. I did have to ask for many fixes, though, because it didn't implement it how I asked initially.

Deploy Challenge Winner

The app is Hosted on Netlify.

What's next for String Invaders

Make it a freely available web game, maybe even publish it on steam.

Built With

• bolt.new