🎮 LennyRPG - Test Your Product Knowledge

A retro-style RPG game featuring 283 legendary guests from Lenny's Podcast by Lenny Rachitsky.

Battle through product leaders, designers, and founders from companies like Airbnb, Stripe, Figma, and more. Answer challenging questions about product management, growth, and building great products. Level up your PM skills while having fun!

LennyRPG Screenshot

🎯 About

LennyRPG transforms Lenny Rachitsky's incredible podcast guest lineup into an epic adventure. Each guest becomes a capturable character with questions based on their expertise and insights from their podcast episodes.

Think Pokemon meets Product Management - a fun, educational way to test and improve your PM knowledge!

✨ Features

🎯 283 Legendary Guests - Battle product leaders from top tech companies
📚 Product Knowledge Quiz - Test yourself on PM frameworks, growth strategies, and startup wisdom
🎮 Retro RPG Gameplay - Pokemon-inspired mechanics with modern web technology
📈 Global Leaderboard - Compete with product enthusiasts worldwide using Supabase
🗺️ Progressive Difficulty - 29 maps with escalating challenges
💯 Perfect Kill Bonuses - Earn extra XP and HP for flawless battles (3/3 correct answers)
🎁 Bonus Questions - 5% chance for bonus XP and healing rewards
⚡ Session Tracking - Your progress updates in real-time on the leaderboard
🎨 Pixel Art Aesthetic - Retro visuals with smooth animations

🎲 Game Rules

Battle Mechanics

Max HP: 100
Wrong Answer Penalty: -10 HP
Game Over: HP ≤ 0 (restart from beginning)
Questions per Battle: 3 questions per guest

XP & Leveling

XP per Correct Answer: Scales with level (10-50 XP)
XP to Level Up: 24 × XP per correct answer
Level Cap: 29 levels (one per map)

Special Rewards

Perfect Kill (3/3 correct):
- Double XP (6× base XP)
- +20 HP healing
Bonus Question (5% chance):
- +2× XP if answered correctly
- +10 HP healing
- Stacks with Perfect Kill for huge rewards!

🚀 Play Now

🎯 www.lennyrpg.fun

No installation required - play directly in your browser!

🛠️ Tech Stack

Built with modern web technologies for optimal performance:

Game Engine: Phaser 3.90.0 - HTML5 game framework
Frontend: Vue 3.5.13 - Progressive JavaScript framework
Build Tool: Vite 6.3.1 - Next generation frontend tooling
Database: Supabase - Open source Firebase alternative
Icons: Iconify - Universal icon framework
Styling: Press Start 2P font for authentic retro aesthetics

💻 Development

Prerequisites

Node.js (v16 or higher)
npm or yarn

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/lennyrpg.git
cd lennyrpg

# Install dependencies
npm install

Available Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | npm run dev | Launch development server at http://localhost:8080 | | npm run build | Create production build in dist/ folder |

Project Structure

lennyrpg/
├── public/              # Static assets
│   ├── assets/          # Game sprites, audio, images
│   ├── OpenGraph.png    # Social sharing image
│   ├── robots.txt       # SEO crawling rules
│   ├── sitemap.xml      # Site structure for search engines
│   └── manifest.json    # PWA configuration
├── src/
│   ├── components/      # Vue components
│   │   ├── BattleScreen.vue
│   │   ├── LeaderboardPanel.vue
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── game/            # Phaser game code
│   │   ├── scenes/      # Game scenes (MainMenu, Overworld, etc.)
│   │   ├── GuestData.js # 283 podcast guest data
│   │   └── EventBus.js  # Vue ↔ Phaser communication
│   ├── services/        # API services (Supabase)
│   ├── App.vue          # Root Vue component
│   └── main.js          # Application entry point
├── index.html           # HTML entry with SEO meta tags
└── package.json         # Dependencies and scripts

Development Workflow

Run the dev server: npm run dev
Edit files in src/ - Vite will hot-reload automatically
Test changes in your browser at http://localhost:8080
Build for production: npm run build
Deploy the dist/ folder to your hosting service

🎨 Content

Guest Data

All 283 podcast guests are stored in src/game/GuestData.js with:

Guest name and title
Company/background
Avatar image
Episode URL
Trivia questions with answers and explanations

Question Format

Each guest has 10 multiple-choice questions covering:

Product management frameworks
Growth strategies
Career advice
Company-building insights
Lessons from their podcast episode

📊 Leaderboard

The global leaderboard uses Supabase for real-time updates:

Session-based tracking (one entry per game session)
Auto-updates after each battle
Displays: Level, XP, Captured guests, Accuracy, Correct/Wrong answers
Visual highlighting for your current session

🔗 Links

🎯 Play Game: www.lennyrpg.fun
🎙️ Lenny's Podcast: lennysnewsletter.com/podcast
💼 Creator: Ben Shih | LinkedIn

🙏 Credits

Created By

Ben Shih - Game design, development, and implementation

Content Source

Lenny Rachitsky - Original podcast content and guest insights from Lenny's Podcast

Built With

Phaser - Game engine
Vue.js - Frontend framework
Supabase - Database and authentication

📜 License

This project is a fan-made educational game based on public podcast content. All guest names, titles, and podcast references belong to their respective owners.

Made with ❤️ for the product management community

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Install / Use

README