An experimental starter that explores a new way to build applications on Reddit's developer platform.

• Devvit: A way to build and deploy immersive games on Reddit
• Vite: For compiling the webView
• React: For UI
• Express: For backend logic
• Tailwind: For styles
• Typescript: For type safety

Make sure you have Node 22 downloaded on your machine before running!

1. Create your project from the template
   
2. Set up your new repo
   
3. Clone the repo down to your computer
   
4. cd your-app-name
5. npm install
6. Make a subreddit: Make a private subreddit on Reddit.com. This will be where you do your own development. Go to Reddit.com, scroll the left side bar down to communities, and click "Create a community."
7. Update the name in package.json: Find the dev:devvit command and replace YOUR_SUBREDDIT_NAME with the subreddit name you just created.
8. Update json file: In devvit.json replace YOUR_APP_NAME with the name of your app. This will be shown to users that play your app.
9. Upload: Run npm run deploy and go through the prompts
10. Playtest: Run npm run dev to playtest your application in production by going to your subreddit.
11. Create Post: Create a post using the subreddit menu action called "Word Guesser: New Post".

• npm run dev: Starts a development server where you can develop your application live on Reddit.
• npm run deploy: Uploads a new version of your app
• npm run check: Type checks, lints, and prettifies your app

This template comes with a pre-configured cursor environment. To get started, download cursor and enable the devvit-mcp when prompted.