Movie Guess Game 🎬

A web-based movie guessing game where players try to identify movies based on their backdrop images. The game progressively reveals more backdrops as players make incorrect guesses.

Features

• Progressive Revelation: Start with one movie backdrop, with more revealed after incorrect guesses
• Fuzzy Search: Search for movies with forgiving text matching
• Real-time Search: Search results update as you type
• Responsive Design: Works on both desktop and mobile devices
• Clean UI: Built with PicoCSS for a minimal, clean interface

Tech Stack

• FastHTML: A Python framework combining Starlette, Uvicorn, HTMX, and fastcore
• HTMX: For dynamic content updates without writing JavaScript
• PicoCSS: For styling and responsive design
• TMDB API: For movie data and images

Running the Application

1. Install the dependencies:

make -s install

2. Start the server:

# Set up your TMDB API key
export TMDB_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

make run-fasthtml

3. Open your browser and navigate to:

http://localhost:5002

Game Rules

1. A movie backdrop is displayed
2. Type your guess into the search box
3. Select a movie from the search results
4. Click "Submit Guess"
5. If incorrect, a new backdrop is revealed
6. Game continues until you guess correctly or run out of backdrops