Guessync

Guessync is a full-stack real-time multiplayer music guessing game. Players join rooms, listen to short audio snippets, and compete to guess the correct song titles. The platform supports AI-generated hints, fuzzy matching for guesses, and leaderboard scoring.

Features

• Spotify playlist integration for song sourcing
• YouTube audio streaming for playback
• AI-powered hint generation via OpenAI
• Real-time guessing and chat via Socket.IO
• Typo-tolerant answer matching using Fuse.js
• Secure user authentication with Firebase
• Fast and modern frontend with React + Vite
• Hosted frontend on Netlify and backend on Render

Tech Stack

Frontend

• React
• Tailwind CSS
• Vite
• Firebase Authentication
• Fuse.js (fuzzy search)
• Socket.IO Client

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Firebase Admin SDK (token verification)
• Socket.IO Server
• Cron jobs for room cleanup
• Rate limiting (express-rate-limit)
• YouTube & Spotify API Integration
• OpenAI API (hint generation)
• Vitest
• Bruno
• Docker

Deployment

• Frontend: Guessync(Netlify)
• Backend: Render
• Database: MongoDB Atlas