A daily music guessing game based on Karl Pilkington's cryptic clues from the XFM show. Each day presents one mangled clue and gives players five attempts to name the artist or band.
Play it at rockbusters.lol.
- A new Rockbusters clue each day
- Tolerant answer matching and five guesses per round
- Optional audio clues
- Shareable results without answer spoilers
- Responsive, installable web app
- Product analytics through PostHog and performance monitoring through Vercel
- Unit, component, and end-to-end test coverage
- Next.js 16 and React 19
- TypeScript and Tailwind CSS
- Vitest and Testing Library
- Playwright for component and end-to-end tests
- Vercel for hosting
Install dependencies and start the development server:
pnpm install
pnpm devCreate .env.local with the required local configuration:
FETCH_SELF_URL=http://localhost:3000
NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_HOST=https://us.i.posthog.com
NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY=your_posthog_project_keyAudio clues can be enabled with ROCKBUSTERS_AUDIO_BASE_URL and
ROCKBUSTERS_AUDIO_TOKEN_SECRET. They are optional for local development.
Open localhost:3000.
pnpm lint # lint the codebase
pnpm test # run unit tests
pnpm test:ct # run component tests
pnpm test:e2e # run browser tests
pnpm build # create a production buildThe puzzle is selected from the question bank using the number of days since the configured launch date. This keeps the daily answer deterministic without requiring a database or scheduled job. Guesses and display preferences are stored in the browser.
Rockbusters is an unofficial fan project. It is not affiliated with Karl Pilkington, XFM, Global, or any artists referenced by the clues.