PlayTested

Game Review & Comparison Platform with a work-in-progress AI feature

PlayTested is a modern, static‑site game review platform built with Astro and Tailwind CSS. It combines traditional markdown content with AI‑driven features, allowing users to:

• Publish detailed game reviews with frontmatter metadata, image galleries, pros/cons, and ratings
• Search for games via the RAWG API
• Select multiple titles and generate AI‑powered recommendations or side‑by‑side comparisons

🚀 Features

• Markdown‑based Reviews: Write in familiar markdown with YAML frontmatter for metadata (title, date, tags, gallery, score).
• Content-packed homepage: Complete with a featured post carousel and latest posts card.
• Image Galleries: Embed a gallery in each review.
• Dark Mode: Toggle between light and dark themes seamlessly.
• AI Summary: Instant TL;DR summaries for every review.
• AI Chatbot: Ask questions about specific reviews via the RAG-powered assistant.
• AI Recommender & Comparator: Use the /api/recommend and /api/compare endpoints to get LLM‑powered insights based on selected games.
• RAG Framework: Context-aware AI answers using Cloudflare Vectorize.
• Hybrid Search: Fast keyword search via Minisearch combined with semantic understanding via Vector Search.
• RAWG Integration: Search and fetch cover art and release data from the RAWG API.
• Responsive Design: Mobile‑friendly layout powered by Tailwind CSS.

📦 Tech Stack

• Framework: Astro (Static Site Generator)
• Styling: Tailwind CSS
• AI: Cloudflare Workers AI + OpenRouter API
• Vector DB: Cloudflare Vectorize
• CMS: DecapCMS
• Game Data: RAWG API
• Hosting: Cloudflare Pages

🔧 Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥ 18.x
• npm or yarn
• RAWG API
• OpenRouter API

⚙️ Project Structure

├── public/                # Static assets (images, favicon)
├── src/
│   ├── components/        # Reusable .Astro & UI components
│   ├── GameSelector.astro # Search & AI selection widget
│   ├── content/           # Markdown review files (frontmatter + body) and images
│   ├── layouts/           # Astro layouts (BlogLayout, Header, Footer)
│   ├── pages/             # Routes (index.astro, article/[slug].astro)
│   └── utils/             # Helper scripts (SendToLLM.js, RAWG search)
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├── .env                   # Environment variables
├── astro.config.mjs       # Astro configuration
├── tailwind.config.cjs    # Tailwind CSS config
└── package.json           # Scripts & dependencies

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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