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Emoji Charades with AI Judge

Describe movies with emojis while an AI judges guesses.

Beginner8h2–4 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Emoji Charades with AI Judge for party groups in ~8h with 2–4 people. Stack: LLM + Socket.IO + Next.js.

Why it wins: Fun and simple.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Party games need a referee.
02 · Solution
Players get a title, send emojis, others guess and the AI checks guesses with fuzzy matching and awards points.
03 · Build
  1. 1Build rooms
  2. 2Assign titles
  3. 3Judge guesses
  4. 4Score
04 · Demo
Play a round with the audience.

MVP checklist

  • Emoji clues
  • Guess checking
  • Points
  • Rounds

Tech stack

TechRole
LLMLanguage model
Socket.IORealtime multiplayer
Next.jsFrontend + API routes

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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