Welcome to our implementation of the popular New York Times game Wordle — now playable right in your browser!
This project was created as part of a 42 Rush — a fast-paced, two-person coding challenge hosted by 42 Vienna with a limited timeframe:
Friday 6:42 PM → Sunday 11:42 PM
The goal? Work in a team, push your limits, experiment with new languages, and have fun building something from scratch.
To up the challenge, we decided to:
- Implement the game in Rust, a language new to both of us.
- Use the Macroquad library, enabling compilation to WebAssembly (WASM).
- Combined with a lightweight HTML wrapper, this allows the game to run directly in the browser.
- Deployment is automated via GitHub Actions, so every push updates the live version on GitHub Pages.
This Rush gave us insights into:
- Rust syntax, ownership, and borrowing
- Game development in Rust: game loop, input handling, and rendering with Macroquad
- Compiling Rust to WebAssembly for browser deployment
- Implementing sound effects into the game with interactive logic
- Adding a reveal Animation
- Teamwork under tight deadlines
It was a challenging but highly rewarding experience, showing how the 42 system builds language-agnostic skills and helps us adapt quickly to new environments.
If you’re doing this Rush too:
Please don’t copy our code.
- There’s nothing to gain from it.
- The real fun is in building your own program and learning along the way.
- Experiment, create something unique, and enjoy the process.
A big thank you to The New York Times for the inspiration behind Wordle, and to everyone who helped us along the way during this project. Your guidance, support, and ideas made this Rush even more enjoyable!