Arccode

A role-playing game for developers.

Motivation

Coding is inherently fun — it's an act of creation that yields visible results. However, it can also become repetitive and laborious. That's why I created Arccode: to bring joy to your day and shield you from monotony. By incorporating variable rewards and a sense of progress into coding, I believe we can make the experience even more enjoyable. So, have fun coding!

Data collected

The VSCode extension collects keyword metadata when the content of a file of a supported language is changed. This metadata is used to calculate the player's progress and to generate the game's content.

Here is an example of such data:

{
  "javascript": {
    "function": 4,
    "const": 12
  },
  "ruby": {
    "def": 3,
    "class": 1
  }
}

As you can see, the original code is not stored, only the keywords and their counts.

Installation

To install the dependencies run:

npm run install:all

App development

To start the development server for the web app:

cd arccode.dev

In one terminal run:

npm run emulators

In another run:

npm run dev

Extension development

To develop on the extension open the packages/arccode-vscode-extension directory in a separate VSCode window (it's important).

Watch for changes:

npm run watch

Then open src/extension.ts and press F5 to launch another VSCode window with the extension loaded in development mode.

Package development

Additionally, you can edit any package under packages/ and run npm test to test it.

Contributing

Pull requests, issues and feedback are welcome!

Adding a reward

You can add an unlockable reward to the game by submitting a PR. It must include a 256x256 PNG image under /arccode.dev/public/images/gears and a new entry in the array in /arccode.dev/src/data/gears.ts.

License

GPLv3