Where the magic happens (our code editor)
Home page
Creating your first character
The global leaderboard
Your guild page

Inspiration

We've all had technical interviews to prepare for. It's tough even on the best of days. In the end, success comes from consistency.

What it does

With Tavern, you don't have to go at it alone. Algorithm challenges are now more like your favourite roleplaying game than interview preparation. Each day your guild unlocks up to 6 algorithm challenges to solve while competing for the top spots on a global leaderboard and opportunities to apply for exclusive job postings!

How we built it

We knew we'd be pressed for time during this hackathon. It always comes down to the wire. With only 24 hours to get something off the ground, we utilized Redwood JS to help us move fast. With Redwood we wouldn't have to worry about tedious boilerplate or configuration, allowing us to get right to the heart of the product.

Challenges we ran into

From the start we wanted to have a rich character creator to connect with your inner roleplaying gamer. We chose SVG for layers of the character creation tool knowing that it would allow us an opportunity to scale our images and keep them crisp. The SVGs brought along a bunch of challenges we didn't expect, so we ended up going with a simpler random character generator in the end.

messed up character

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Four adventurers set out on a mission for 24 cold hours during the dawn of the year 2021. They had no idea what dangers they would face but together their bond grew stronger. Let this be a lesson to any evil wizards lurking in the realm of Tavern!

We are happy we survived! We spent the last 24 hours coding, drinking energy drinks, coding, and not sleeping. It was a blast and we look forward to next year!

problem solving page

What we learned

Working with SVGs is hard
Estimates are hard
It's always a good thing to under-scope and over-deliver
Energy drinks work wonders

What's next for Tavern

Who knows?! We love the product and love solving algorithms together. Maybe the next time you prepare for interviews you'll be competing against a global leaderboard as a half-elf wizard!

Built With

javascript
react
redwoodjs
tailwind

Submitted to

nwHacks 2021
- Winner Honorable Mention

Created by

I forced everyone to use Redwood (which I think was an awesome choice). I pride myself on being a generalist and did whatever I could to help everyone else succeed in the hackathon. Without this fantastic team, Tavern wouldn't have crossed the finish line!

Anthony Morris
I worked on character assets, the character creator, and a little bit of front end stuff. It was my first time really working with Redwood JS and React, so it was a lot of learning.

Jet Simon
I worked on the code executor for submitted algorithms and the templating system we created to easily seed code challenges into our database. This was my first time working with Redwood, I learned a ton, and I'm really surprised at its maturity despite being such a young project.

Alex Adewole
I worked on authorization, enabling guild creating and planning our demo! It was a lot of fun :)

Alice Zhao