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bonk.exe — an indie chaos game where a Shiba judges your existence 🐕💀

This is a submission for the DEV April Fools Challenge

What I Built

I built bonk.exe, a minimal indie-style browser game where you bonk a moving Shiba Inu and get judged for your performance 😭

It looks simple… but the Shiba is always watching.

The goal:

  • Click only the Shiba
  • Avoid misclicks
  • Survive the judgment

At the end, you get:

  • Your score (BPM – bonks per minute)
  • A brutally honest system message
  • Your global rank against other players

It’s chaotic, slightly useless, and very serious at the same time.


Demo

👉 PLAY bonk.exe


Code

💻 GitHub Repo:

👉 https://github.com/shreyaislearning/bonk_inu_arena


How I Built It

I built this as a pure frontend indie-style project using:

  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • Supabase (for global leaderboard)
  • Vercel (for deployment)

Key Features

  • 🐕 Moving Shiba target (random position logic)
  • 🔊 Sound effects (bonk, miss, background music, game over)
  • 🎯 Score tracking + timer system
  • 💀 Dynamic “judgment system” based on misses
  • 🌍 Global leaderboard using Supabase
  • 🎮 Indie-style minimal UI

Fun part

The most fun part was designing the “judging system” where the game literally reacts to how badly you play.

Example:

  • “shiba is judging you”
  • “bonk energy high, aim questionable”
  • “shiba has lost respect for you”

Prize Category

🎯 Community Favorite

Because:

  • It’s simple but addictive
  • It has personality (the Shiba judging you 😭)
  • Anyone can play instantly in browser
  • And the global leaderboard makes it competitive

Final Thoughts

This project was about turning something completely useless into something fun and memorable.

And honestly…

I think the Shiba still judges me.

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