khawsar

Can you name the original 151, but are ashamed that you wouldn't know a Garchomp from a Bronzong? Khawsar is here to help.

(pronounced something like: Koau-saa')

What is it?

Khawsar is a simple open source pattern matching game with social messaging capabilities built using Google's design principles for mobile first material-design. The player starts an encounter and is shown a random Pokemon from amongst the 807 (via the Pokemon API) and must guess input it's name exactly..

Guess right? Congrats! Your correct guess is saved.

Guess wrong? That's ok, you've got options.

"run away" and "start a new encounter"
use the built in Twilio API interface to copy over the Pokemon sprite (image) and text 'that one friend' for help

Built With

ReactJS
Material-UI
Twilio
Pokemon API
Mongoose
Express.js
Node.js
Webpack/Babel

Project Roadmap

Finalize interface and add greater messaging functionality (auto copy/paste of sprite)
Add guess 'hints' and 'additional angles' (alt sprites)
Integrate user accounts
Persist scores and user encounter accuracy information
Deploy to the cloud using Openshift (Kubernetes+Docker, nGinx)
Add a global leaderboard
Post graphical information about which Pokemon are least/most recognizable
Use that data to inform future Pokemon naming and character design

Author

Matthew Beckerleg - github.com/itsOrD

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.