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Show HN: I turned GitHub contributions into a retro battle game

Show HN: I turned GitHub contributions into a retro battle game

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·April 7, 2025

Hey HN,

This is a little web game called Epic Dev Battles of History. It takes public GitHub contribution stats (like commit counts, streaks, activity levels) and uses them to simulate a retro arcade-style battle between two profiles.

You can enter your GitHub username and challenge a friend or colleague, try the online matchmaking, or pick one of the pre-loaded profiles as an opponent. After the battle, it shows a breakdown of the stats used.

It started as a fun side-project to visualize GitHub activity in a different way.

You can play it live here: https://epicdevbattlesofhistory.com

It's currently a closed-source project. I'm curious to hear any thoughts you might have on the concept or gameplay, and please let me know if you encounter any bugs!

lagniappe

>invalid github username, check the spelling

Is there an API key that got exhausted?

Archonical

I can't use my github username either.

Edit: not even torvalds works.

Imad_M

ouch i will check why

arvinsim

Cannot use my github username