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Show HN: First app I've built. A free World Cup league game

24 points by henrikcc 8y ago

henrikcc 8y ago
I started learning React a little over a month ago (with limited prior programming skills) and here's what I've built. CupKit is a free world cup league game you can play with colleagues, friends, or family. There's no sign-up necessary, and it's stupidly easy to play. Just create a league, pick your teams, then invite everyone else. It's based on a game my grandfather came up with 20-odd years ago that we played in our family. Back then he used a massive paper spreadsheet and a calculator. It's since evolved to Excel and now this: a real-time, offline-ready PWA. For those interested, I'm using React, MobX, Firebase (CF, hosting, & Firestore), and MUI.
krobbn 8y ago
It looks really nice and simple, I created a HN league (https://cupkit.app/hacker-news https://cupkit.app/hacker-news) for people who want to test out all the features.
- henrikcc 8y ago
  Good idea! Thanks krobbn.
Pbe55 8y ago
Looks good. Will invite friends to play
samblr 8y ago
facebook messenger invite doesn't seem to work.
- henrikcc 8y ago
  Weird. What device are you on? Though actually might only work on mobile...?
  - samblr 8y ago
    Osx and chrome
    - henrikcc 8y ago
      Ahhhh looks like it's a mobile only feature. As far as I can see, there's no way to get out working on desktop, so I guess I'll remove the feature on devices that don't support it. Surprisingly WhatsApp actually does work on desktop though. So thanks for the heads-up samblr
NKosmatos 8y ago
Nice one!!! Pretty fast and lightweight, nice and clean design and on top of it entertaining. Two things missing (IMHO), add a password when creating a league so that only friends/colleagues with it can join an existing league and also give an option for an edit or deletion of a player inside a league. A couple of question if I may, why 72 points and how are teams ranked?
- henrikcc 8y ago
  Thanks so much for the feedback. Great points with the missing features, though not sure I can get that working on this version given there isn't any account/signup. Though maybe for version 2 (presumably another sporting event) I'll add that. And with regards the points, it's based on current FIFA World Rankings. The 72pts thing is something my grandfather came up with, so I'm not actually sure what the reasoning is. But in the 5 World Cups we've played in our family, it's resulted in a good mix of choices, so I didn't dare change it!

24 points by henrikcc 8y ago

I started learning React a little over a month ago (with limited prior programming skills) and here's what I've built. CupKit is a free world cup league game you can play with colleagues, friends, or family. There's no sign-up necessary, and it's stupidly easy to play. Just create a league, pick your teams, then invite everyone else. It's based on a game my grandfather came up with 20-odd years ago that we played in our family. Back then he used a massive paper spreadsheet and a calculator. It's since evolved to Excel and now this: a real-time, offline-ready PWA. For those interested, I'm using React, MobX, Firebase (CF, hosting, & Firestore), and MUI.

krobbn 8y ago

It looks really nice and simple, I created a HN league (https://cupkit.app/hacker-news https://cupkit.app/hacker-news) for people who want to test out all the features.

henrikcc 8y ago
Good idea! Thanks krobbn.

Pbe55 8y ago

Looks good. Will invite friends to play

samblr 8y ago

facebook messenger invite doesn't seem to work.

henrikcc 8y ago
Weird. What device are you on? Though actually might only work on mobile...?
- samblr 8y ago
  Osx and chrome
  - henrikcc 8y ago
    Ahhhh looks like it's a mobile only feature. As far as I can see, there's no way to get out working on desktop, so I guess I'll remove the feature on devices that don't support it. Surprisingly WhatsApp actually does work on desktop though. So thanks for the heads-up samblr

NKosmatos 8y ago

Nice one!!! Pretty fast and lightweight, nice and clean design and on top of it entertaining. Two things missing (IMHO), add a password when creating a league so that only friends/colleagues with it can join an existing league and also give an option for an edit or deletion of a player inside a league. A couple of question if I may, why 72 points and how are teams ranked?

henrikcc 8y ago
Thanks so much for the feedback. Great points with the missing features, though not sure I can get that working on this version given there isn't any account/signup. Though maybe for version 2 (presumably another sporting event) I'll add that. And with regards the points, it's based on current FIFA World Rankings. The 72pts thing is something my grandfather came up with, so I'm not actually sure what the reasoning is. But in the 5 World Cups we've played in our family, it's resulted in a good mix of choices, so I didn't dare change it!