A testing instance is available at peter.rs/projects/langle!
Can you guess the language? A daily language guessing game inspired by Wordle.
Langle is a simple web-based puzzle game where a new phrase is presented each day. Your challenge is to correctly identify the language it's written in. Test your linguistic knowledge and pattern recognition skills every day!
- Daily Puzzles: A new language challenge is automatically generated every day.
- Simple Interface: Clean and intuitive gameplay, accessible from any web browser.
- Hint System: Get feedback on your guesses, such as language family or continent, to help you narrow down the possibilities.
- Bonus Quizzes: After a correct guess, test your knowledge further with questions about the language's meaning, origin, and number of speakers.
- Social Features: Easily share your results with friends and family with both long-form and short ('wordle'-like) summaries after the game!
You will need a server environment with the following installed:
- A web server with PHP support (e.g., Apache, Nginx)
- Python 3.x
pipcrontab, or any other way to routinely run the script.
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Clone the Repository Clone this repository to your local machine or server. It's recommended to place it in your web server's public directory (e.g.,
/var/www/html/).git clone https://github.com/peter.rs/langle.git cd langle -
Install Python Dependencies The required Python packages are listed in
requirements.txt. Install them usingpip.pip install -r requirements.txt
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Set Up the Daily Cron Job A cron job is needed to run the
script.pyautomatically every day at midnight. This script generates the puzzle for the new day.- Open your crontab editor:
crontab -e
- Add the following line to the file. This schedule will run the script every day at
00:00(midnight).0 0 * * * /usr/bin/python3 /path/to/your/project/script.py
- Open your crontab editor:
Once the installation and cron job are set up, the game is ready to play!
Simply navigate to the index.php file in your web browser.