Show HN: Waiting for LLMs Suck – Give your user a game

Category: library

Tags: react-component, mini-games, ux-enhancement, loading-screen, typescript

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

React-Waiting-Game is a zero-dependency React component that provides a collection of 5 mini-arcade games designed to entertain users during long tasks like LLM calls or builds. Its innovative approach to solving a common UX problem (user frustration during waiting) with a well-engineered, modular game framework makes it both fun and practical.

Target audience: frontend devs

Repository: https://github.com/ftaip/waiting-game · TypeScript · MIT

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