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Task Builder: Transform Your Tasks into a Growing City
This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot Challenge : Transitions and Transformations What I Built I built Task Builder - a task management app that visualizes task progress through an interactive city-building experience. Tasks are represented as buildings that transform their appearance based on progress status (Draft, In Progress, Done). The app uniquely combines task management with urban planning elements: Interactive drag-and-drop city building interface built with Phaser.js Task status transitions reflected through building transformations Grid-based city layout with collision detection React components for task management UI Browser persistence using localStorage Demo You can try the live demo here: Task Builder Demo Repo task-builder Copilot Experience GitHub Copilot was instrumental throughout development: Generated boilerplate code for React components and Phaser game scenes Suggested type definitions and interfaces Helped implement drag-and-drop logic with grid snapping Provided TypeScript type fixes and improvements Assisted with building transitions between task states The chat feature was particularly helpful for: Debugging collision detection issues Optimizing building placement algorithms Implementing the event bus pattern Setting up the build pipeline GitHub Models I did not use GitHub Models for this project as the core functionality was achievable through standard web technologies. Conclusion This project demonstrates how Copilot can accelerate development of interactive applications combining multiple technologies (React, Phaser, TypeScript). The AI pair programmer was especially valuable for: Rapid prototyping of game mechanics Type-safe code generation Identifying edge cases in drag-and-drop functionality Suggesting optimal patterns for state management The resulting application provides an engaging way to visualize task progress through meaningful transitions and transformations in the city-building metaphor.
This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot Challenge : Transitions and Transformations
What I Built
I built Task Builder - a task management app that visualizes task progress through an interactive city-building experience. Tasks are represented as buildings that transform their appearance based on progress status (Draft, In Progress, Done). The app uniquely combines task management with urban planning elements:
- Interactive drag-and-drop city building interface built with Phaser.js
- Task status transitions reflected through building transformations
- Grid-based city layout with collision detection
- React components for task management UI
- Browser persistence using localStorage
Demo
You can try the live demo here: Task Builder Demo
Repo
Copilot Experience
GitHub Copilot was instrumental throughout development:
- Generated boilerplate code for React components and Phaser game scenes
- Suggested type definitions and interfaces
- Helped implement drag-and-drop logic with grid snapping
- Provided TypeScript type fixes and improvements
- Assisted with building transitions between task states
The chat feature was particularly helpful for:
- Debugging collision detection issues
- Optimizing building placement algorithms
- Implementing the event bus pattern
- Setting up the build pipeline
GitHub Models
I did not use GitHub Models for this project as the core functionality was achievable through standard web technologies.
Conclusion
This project demonstrates how Copilot can accelerate development of interactive applications combining multiple technologies (React, Phaser, TypeScript). The AI pair programmer was especially valuable for:
- Rapid prototyping of game mechanics
- Type-safe code generation
- Identifying edge cases in drag-and-drop functionality
- Suggesting optimal patterns for state management
The resulting application provides an engaging way to visualize task progress through meaningful transitions and transformations in the city-building metaphor.
