4 Corners

Draw the 4 corners!

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Inspiration

The Pictionary game was my inspiration. But what if we could include more people in the drawing participation. We get to see different views of people's creativity for the same word, how synced and not synced is one with the others.

What it does

The game has two parts:

Drawing:

  1. Player can pick a word they like. The images show the quarter to be drawn for the word.
  2. Player is assigned the quarter they need to draw - top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right. Player only draws a part of the drawing and not all of it.
  3. 4 different players draw 4 different quarter of the same word.
  4. When someone guesses, all 4 creators get points.

Guessing:

  1. Player see 4 different drawings merged of the same word for only 15 seconds.
  2. When player guesses correctly, points are awarded.

How we built it

I built it with Devvit. The main page, word selection, leaderboard and guessing pages are all in block view communication via props. Drawing of the word and display of drawings happen in the web view.

Challenges I ran into

It took me sometime to understand and use redis well. Drawing and displaying images: I realized early on in the project that I would have to use web view for allowing players to draw. However, I later realized that even displaying of those images can happen only in webview as Reddit has strong media constraints. But it was fun to work around it.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I cannot pin point one thing. I am proud of pulling the entire project on my own.

What's next for 4 Corners?

  • Fix some flaws in word selections
  • Allow users to rate the drawings. How easy and difficult was it to guess the word?
  • Expand more with words, allow players to give word suggestions for drawing.
  • Level of drawing. Drawing and guessing a tougher word awards more points.

Built With

  • devvit
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