Nerdometer
How nerdy are you, really?
A live trivia game built for Nerd Nite Fort Collins. Audience members play on their phones during the show, answer questions about that night's talks, and compete on a live leaderboard — gated to people actually in the room.
Live at: https://nerd-nite-socials.vercel.app
What it does
- Two game modes: Trivia (talk-specific questions) and What Is It? (ontology)
- Questions authored per show around real Nerd Nite talks
- Origin story of Nerd Nite Fort Collins narrated between rounds
- Live leaderboard via Supabase — updates in real time
- Audience access gated by a per-show nonce URL (
?n=<code>) shown as a QR code
- Hall of Fame (
?hof=1) — top scorer per edition across all shows
- QR projector slide (
?qr=1) for display at the venue
- Email capture for show announcements
- Practice mode for anyone without the nonce
Stack
- Frontend: Vite + React, PWA
- Hosting: Vercel (git push → auto-deploy)
- Database: Supabase (PostgreSQL + real-time)
- Style: Courier New monospace, dark navy/cyan/orange
Running locally
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local # fill in Supabase credentials
npm run dev
Without Supabase credentials the app runs in offline mode — game works, leaderboard shows "No scores yet".
Show workflow
Update one file, push once:
- Edit
src/data/edition.json — talks, questions, nonce
git push origin main- Vercel deploys in ~90 seconds
Full instructions: HOSTING.md
For other Nerd Nites
This project is designed to be forked:
- Fork the repo and connect to your own Vercel + Supabase
- Replace
originStory in edition.json with your city's story
- Update social links in
src/components/PostGame.jsx
- Update the credit in
src/components/Home.jsx
- Follow HOSTING.md for every show
License
CC BY 4.0 — free to use, adapt, and share with attribution.
Credit: Nerd Nite Fort Collins / Justin Fritz
