Project Idea #3: 2-Player Words Countdown
Welcome to the third post in the Fun Weekend Projects series — where I share cool project ideas that you can build over a weekend. These projects are a great way for you to improve your coding skills while having fun in the process.
In the previous post, I introduced the Words Countdown game and I’m happy that many of you have enjoyed it. A few users asked for a 2-player version of the game and I’m excited to share that with you: 2-Player Words Countdown
The 2-Player Words Countdown Game
The past 2 weeks, I’ve been working on building the 2-player version of the Words Countdown game. This project was especially fun for me as it allowed me to dive into Web-Sockets
I looked into multiple WebSocket tutorials and all of them focused on building simple chat applications. While chat apps are great, the real power of WebSockets is when you’re building interactive applications like multiplayer games.
Why not learn WebSockets by creating a game that people will actually enjoy playing?
The Challenge
Your goal is to build a 2-player version of the Words Countdown game using WebSockets. Not only will this help you understand how WebSockets work, but it will also give you a cool game that you can share with friends or integrate into your own projects.
You can play the game here: DEMO
Inspiration from the Community
I want to highlight the inspiring projects from Ashley Mozorand, an active user of 100daysofcode.io. Ashley recently completed 70 days of learning React and built two amazing projects, both of which were inspired by ideas from this project series:
- Age Milestones — View Project
- Words Countdown — View Project
It’s always exciting to see what the community is building, and I’d love to see more inspiring projects from you!
I encourage you to take up this challenge and give it a try! Building this 2-player game will not only help you practice new skills like Websockets, it’ll also result in a fun project to share and enjoy with your friends.
Happy coding, and I can’t wait to see what you create!