The latest articles on DEV Community by Swagatam Das (@swagatamlearn). https://dev.to/swagatamlearn https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4152364%2Fc6223b67-ce0b-4bb5-a1d4-bbba4f90b6d4.jpg https://dev.to/swagatamlearn en Swagatam Das Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:44:53 +0000 https://dev.to/swagatamlearn/playnext-ll0 https://dev.to/swagatamlearn/playnext-ll0 <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>My friends and I often spend more time deciding what to play than actually playing. PlayNext was built for a friend who loves PC gaming but can't pick a game when they sit down to play.</p> <h2> Demo </h2> Project Demo Video <h2> Code </h2> <div class="ltag-github-readme-tag"> <div class="readme-overview"> <h2> <img src="https://assets.dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg" alt="GitHub logo"> <a href="https://github.com/SwagD15" rel="noopener noreferrer"> SwagD15 </a> / <a href="https://github.com/SwagD15/PlayNext" rel="noopener noreferrer"> PlayNext </a> </h2> <h3> PlayNext is a small website that helps gamers decide what to play next. You pick your mood, how much time you have and the kind of game you want, and a local open-weight AI model (Gemma, running through Ollama) suggests three PC games. </h3> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <div id="readme" class="md"><div class="markdown-heading"> <h1 class="heading-element">PlayNext 🎮</h1> </div> <p><strong>Stop scrolling. Start playing.</strong></p> <p>PlayNext is a small website that helps gamers decide what to play next. You pick your mood, how much time you have and the kind of game you want, and a local open-weight AI model (Gemma, running through Ollama) suggests three PC games.</p> <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/SwagD15/PlayNext/assets/screenshot.png"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FSwagD15%2FPlayNext%2FHEAD%2Fassets%2Fscreenshot.png" alt="PlayNext screenshot"></a></p> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">The Problem</h2> </div> <p>My friends and I often spend more time deciding what to play than actually playing. PlayNext was built for a friend who loves PC gaming but can't pick a game when they sit down to play.</p> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">The Solution</h2> </div> <ol> <li>Choose how you're feeling: Bored, Relaxed, Competitive or Adventurous.</li> <li>Choose your time: 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 1 hour+.</li> <li>Choose a genre: Surprise me, Action, Adventure, Puzzle or Multiplayer.</li> <li>Get three PC game recommendations, each with a short description and a reason it fits.</li> </ol> <p>The recommendations are generated by the AI model (gemma) each time. They are not hardcoded.</p> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">Tech Stack</h2>…</div></div> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/SwagD15/PlayNext" rel="noopener noreferrer">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <p>i used Gemma 3:270m open-source AI model (open-weight model) through Ollama; first my friends choose there preferences(like Bored, Relaxed, Competitive or Adventurous; time - 15 , 30 minutes; Genre etc.) and script.js reads three choices and builds a prompt, It sends the prompt to Ollama's local API (<a href="http://localhost:11434/api/generate" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:11434/api/generate</a>) than the Gemma generate the three response in JSON format, The page parses the JSON and shows three game cards.</p> <h2> Why Does Open Innovation Matter? </h2> <p>Anyone can swap in a different model, change the prompt or adapt the project for their own friends.</p> devchallenge weekendchallenge hf26challenge ai