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ForkQuest - Zork, but you fork the universe

Agentic Postgres Challenge Submission

This is a submission for the Agentic Postgres Challenge with Tiger Data

What I Built

ForkQuest lets anyone build, play, and fork AI text adventures in seconds — powered by Tiger Data’s instant forks, hybrid search, and agentic MCP

Concept: A single-page web app (built with Next.js + Vercel) where users create and play a shareable Zork-like text adventure. It's viral: Generate, play, fork to branch stories, share links.

ForkQuest repository

Demo

How I Used Agentic Postgres

How it showcases features:

  • Hybrid Search: Players type natural language queries ("find sword in dark cave") → BM25 keywords + vectors retrieve lore/items/NPCs from your game DB instantly. Ranks fuzzy/spelled-wrong searches perfectly.

  • Fast Forks: "Branch Story" button → Zero-copy fork in <1s (even 1GB+ games). Test wild plot twists safely; merge back if liked. Shows fork time/timer for wow factor.

  • MCP Sidebar Chat "Add dragon boss" or "Make puzzle harder" → Agent uses MCP server + Tiger prompts to auto-generate schema inserts/queries/migrations. No SQL needed.

Overall Experience

Why compelling? Fun, addictive, tweetable ("I forked my apocalypse story!").

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