Name That Tariff

A advertisement disguised as a "Which is Higher?" game style.

This project will use HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, and MySQL, OpenAI API and the Amazon API to allow users to have "Which Is Higher?" type of games created based on products they input, a selected category, or completely random.


This idea is from a user named Dramatic-Mongoose-95 on Reddit who created a game that looks like a late 90s/early 2000s pop up ad that just asks users to select which item is higher priced. It is named "Late Stage Capitalism". The premise was simple but I could see it was extremely effective after testing it and the comments in the post confirmed it as well. I reached out to the user to try to see if they'd be open to collaborating with me on the project instead of me trying to just create my own rendition, which I felt would be wrong to do. I asked if I could join the project or if they had any issue with me copying it (to which I said I'd give 10% of anything I make). They said they had no intent of furthering the project, that they made it for fun, and that I can do whatever I want with it, free and clear, no royalty.


I informed the user that if it makes anything, I'm giving it to them regardless, thanked them for letting me jump off with the idea, and got started. While I was not sure of any back-end already in place for the existing, my plan is to implement a back-end connected to a MySQL database, connect ChatGPT 4o-mini (via OpenAI API) and connect to the Amazon API. Instead of this being a site strictly dedicated to one persons account or one site in general, my idea is to gamify the original idea further, add a scoring system, add a discussion system and review system behind the products that link to Amazon,


Once completed, visitors will be able to start "playing" immediately with random items, they can select a specific category of items, they can go to a specific users "game", or they can create their own to share with others. The "game" flow will be "Which item costs more now?" to imply that tariffs might have been added to an item. The user clicks the item they think is higher and receives the answer. Once the answer is displayed, information about the product will be display to see if the user is interested in purchasing it, but will not be an additional load, page, or have any sort of button implying it is required to continue, since it will not be. The user can either wait for the page to go to the next items or click "Next", with adjustable transition times available. If the description for the item has not been generated, it will be sent to ChatGPT 4o-mini to be summarized and generated and then saved to the database for future usage. Analytics will be saved for every single change for marketing and research.


The landing page will be simple with the game at the start, a navbar with options for categories, search, and signup/login. The search page will allow them to search for specific categories or users. The navigation bar will only contain the mentioned options (Home - Categories - Search - Enter Code - Signup/Login). The categories will be based on the same categories that Amazon uses.


The signup process will allow for users use their e-mail or their Google account. Signup will not be required just to visit or play and will only be required if a user wants to create their own game. The login process will just ask for their email and have a Google Auth button available. Facebook/Instagram are possible options in the future but I don't want to over complicate the project.


The members dashboard will show the option to create a game. Once a game is created, the dashboard will show the option to create additional games, to manage existing games, and to see analytics of the game results. The analytics will show what products users actually click on, which products were rated higher, which were rated lower, how long the user stays on the page,


Original Post (All Credit to r/Dramatic-Mongoose-95).
https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1kjic2m/comment/mro6o3q/?context=3

Original Creation (Made by r/Dramatic-Mongoose-95).
https://late-stage-capitalism.replit.app/

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