Build an app people can't help playing with · Web Dev Challenge S3.E1

Sponsored by Google Jules — Build an app that people can’t resist playing around with. There’s nothing that connects us all more than the love of play. It’s how we learn, connect, and develop skills. From kids to adults and even animals, play is universal. Take the grumpiest person in the world and put them in the room with something fun, and they’ll eventually end up picking it up to play. Your job is to tap into this universal urge to play. Make a game. Make a website. Make an app. Whatever you make, give it a playful, interactive way for people to engage with it. ## The Sponsor: Google Jules (+ Stitch) *Your app must use Google Jules as an extra teammate during the build.* Jules (https://jules.google/) is an autonomous coding agent. It’s not here to build your apps for you, though. The goal of this challenge is to treat Jules as an additional team member that you can delegate tasks to. In addition to Jules, you’re also encouraged to check out Stitch (https://stitch.withgoogle.com/), which can help you create the UI for your app, either as a starting point you can export to Figma, or as UI code that allows you to focus on the functionality. ## THE DEVS *Team: Mulet Bros. Software & Sandwiches* - Miles Mulet https://bsky.app/profile/muletmiles.bsky.social - Michael Mulet https://github.com/mmulet *Team: 2 Girls 1 Tech Bro* - Luna Bitar https://www.linkedin.com/in/lunabitar/ - Simone-Nicole Angelov https://www.linkedin.com/in/snaa/ *Team: Bears of Destiny* - Ben Nelson https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-nelson-951a24a8 - Tyler Dawson https://tylerdawson.dev/ ## THE ADVISORS David East https://www.linkedin.com/in/eastdavid/ Jason Lengstorf https://jason.energy/links ## THE APPS *Team: Mulet Bros. Software & Sandwiches (Miles & Michael)* - source code: https://github.com/mmulet/pupapppupps *Team: 2 Girls 1 Tech Bro (Luna & Simone)* - app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/techbro-tamagotchi-startup/id6759268943 *Team: Bears of Destiny (Ben & Tyler)* - source code: https://github.com/tddawson/wdc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get early access to new videos, exclusive bonus content and other perks, and join me in building a happier, healthier, friendlier web dev community! https://codetv.dev/support ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters: 0:00 In this episode... 0:31 Welcome + the challenge 1:04 Required tool + meet your advisor 2:54 Rules of the challenge + planning phase starts 4:20 Meet Team 2 Girls 1 Tech Bro (Luna & Simone) + their app idea 5:34 Meet Team Bears of Destiny (Ben & Tyler) + their app idea 7:07 Meet Team Mulet Bros. Software & Sandwiches (Miles & Michael)+ their app idea 9:32 Build phase starts 11:12 Progress check ins 17:39 Late stage check ins 24:05 Join the Web Dev Challenge hackathon! 24:40 Team Mulet Bros. Software & Sandwiches app demo 27:26 Team 2 Girls 1 Tech Bro app demo 30:09 Team Bears of Destiny app demo 34:21 Reflections on the challenge 36:07 Outtakes and credits