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I built a trading card game of GitHub repositories

Hello, I'm David, from Valencia (Spain) :)

I'm not a developer. I'm a product designer who always wanted to build his own things but never quite got there.

That changed recently. With a bit of vibe coding and a lot of AI assistance, I've been shipping actual products for the first time in my life. It's been equal parts terrifying and addictive.

The latest one is RepoCards.

The idea

Discovering interesting open source projects always felt like homework. Trending on GitHub, random Reddit posts, word of mouth. Nothing that felt fun.

One evening I thought — what if finding repos felt like opening a pack of cards?

So I built it.

What it is

RepoCards is a gacha-style collectible card game where every card is a real GitHub repository with live stats — stars, forks, language, description. Rarity tiers go from N to UR, anime gacha style. You open packs, build your collection, complete daily missions, unlock achievements.

Free to play. Sign in with GitHub to save your progress, or just try it as a guest.

Would love to hear what you think — especially from other designers making the jump into building.

Thank you in advance!


Best regards,
David

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