Remember that game called Memory (sometimes called Concentration) from when you were younger where you'd start with a grid of cards face-down and then flip them over two at a time until you had matched all the pairs? Well, my co-worker Paul and I were talking a few months back and he thought that it would be cool to create a web version of the game using your own digital pictures as cards. So, I got to thinking and realized that a lot of people already have a bunch of pictures on Flickr. I had wanted to check out the Flickr API anyway, so this was the perfect opportunity.
That night, I went home and started reading up on the Flickr documentation and began coding a game that allowed users to generate their own virtual "deck of cards" based upon the tags they entered and/or their Flickr username. I had the it mostly done, but then had other things come up and I dropped it for a while. It wasn't until last night that I finally ended up finishing it up.
So, here's the link to the game:
http://borloz.com/games/flickr-memory/
And here's how it works:
- Enter your desired tags and/or your Flickr username. (For example, if your photo URL is http://flickr.com/photos/lborloz/, then lborloz is your username.)
- Select whether you want to match "any" or "all" of your tags.
- Select your level of difficulty. ("Easy" will generate a 4x4 grid. "Hard" will generate a 6x6 grid.)
- Click "Play!"
- Try to match all the tiles in as few moves as possible. (A perfect game on the "Easy" setting is 8 tries. A perfect game on the "Hard" setting is 18 tries.)
- Have fun!
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