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car-spotting gameMy own game. A real photo of a real car: pin where it was taken and name the car. Solo, daily and multiplayer.
The headache
Version one lived on a builder platform, its data and rules in someone else's hands. A real game needed its own hosting, real sign-in and photos it could use.
In the way: It was hosted on a builder platform.
The fix: I rebuilt it on its own hosting, database and photo storage.
In the way: A leaderboard has to know who's who.
The fix: Accounts sign in with a session, and every action checks whose account it is. Guests still play.
In the way: Most car photos belong to someone.
The fix: The starter photos are openly licensed, credited on the reveal. Players can send in their own.
In the way: One mode gets old.
The fix: Solo, daily, multiplayer and paint mode share one pool of photos.
A guessing game for car spotters. Each round is a photo: pin where it was taken, name the make and model. Solo runs, a daily set shared by everyone, rooms for friends, a paint mode, a leaderboard and photo submissions.
Up close
The look, and why
Ink black, #0d0d0d, with red, #e2231a, and yellow, #ffe500, used like stickers. Stacked Archivo Black capitals with one word boxed in red, like a car-magazine cover line. Every round is laid out as a cover.
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