Build a retro gaming app — Web Dev Challenge S1E2

Sponsored by AWS Amplify (https://lwj.dev/amplify) — What could you create if you had 30 minutes to plan and 4 hours to build? Lindsay Wardell, Dev Agrawal, Ben Hong, and Jason Lengstorf took on the Web Dev Challenge to find out.

THE CHALLENGE
Build a retro gaming-themed app. Make something nostalgic for the 8-bit days! Bring gamers together, pay homage to your favorite classic game, or even build a game of your own!

THE TOOL
Apps must use AWS Amplify (https://lwj.dev/amplify) as part of the build. Amplify was recently reimagined with Gen 2. It's got auth, storage, data, real-time updates, functions, and hosting — everything you need to build just about anything for the web. #webdevelopment #challenge #javascript #graphql #reactjs

THE DEVS
Ben Hong ( @BenCodeZen ) https://www.bencodezen.io/
Lindsay Wardell (https://www.lindsaykwardell.com/)
Dev Agrawal (https://devagr.me/)
Jason Lengstorf (‪ @learnwithjason ) https://jason.energy/links

THE ADVISOR
Erik Hanchett ( @ProgramWithErik )   / erikhanchett  

THE APPS
Jason's 8-Bit Club: https://github.com/learnwithjason/4d1...
Ben's AmpShark: https://main.d2eggt74ij5fbr.amplifyap... · https://github.com/bencodezen/amp-shark
Lindsay's Dysentery Community: https://github.com/lindsaykwardell/am...
Dev's Tournitrix: https://github.com/devagrawal09/ampitrix

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Chapters:
0:00 In this episode...
0:44 The challenge
1:05 What is AWS Amplify Gen 2 for?
3:00 Ben's plan
3:50 Dev's plan
4:56 Lindsay's plan
5:39 Jason's plan
7:04 Building
14:41 Demo time!
14:57 Jason's app
16:39 Ben's app
19:18 Lindsay's app
22:09 Dev's app
24:53 Final thoughts