Inspiration
Inspired by the beloved word-based logic game, Wordle, and its many variants.
What it does
Given a random Wikipedia article with its contents blacked out, the user must guess the title of the article to win. The user has unlimited guesses, and every time a word in the article is correctly guessed, all instances of that word become visible. Wikidle wants players to narrow down the subject of an article based on the occurrence of key words relating to the subject, as a fun challenge of the user's ability to make connections and predictions.
How we built it
We built this website from scratch and used the Wikipedia API to retrieve the page contents of a particular article in JSON format. The site's primary functions required us to convert the Wikitext markup language into HTML format for a readable display, and find a way to redact and reveal a specific word or phrase in the article body when guessed.
What's next for Wikidle
The site itself could use UI and quality of life upgrades, including the ability to save and share your results. We would want the website to have a daily puzzle, similar to Wordle, but also the ability to play unlimited games if the user wishes. As part of our project, we were able to find a list of categories that Wikipedia sorts articles under; being able to manually select the subject category would add to user experience and replay value.
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