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Pixel Fortune

Create a website which draws four tarot cards and then generates a cool fortune using chat gpt

  • Alright I have a basic frame work for making this project happen.
  • I was able to successfully create a server and website using Next.js’s new app router framework.
  • The app router was definitely a lot more different than I was expecting but that is also a good thing it was exciting to learn a new paradigm.
  • I also created the backend server using tRPC. Which was honestly probably unnecessary but once I learned about it. I was intrigued by the idea of it. honestly at first I don’t think I fully understood what is was. Essentially it allows you to define your backend service so that the types across your frontend and backend are the same. This is actually a really powerful idea that I would like to take to the work that I do with TIFIN.
  • So now I have a basic api which deals cards from a tarot deck
  • I also have an api connection to Chat GPT which generates a basic fortune given the cards.
  • New problem: The chat GPT api is very slow. Not sure how to make it faster. Also the reading is ok but could be better.
  • Next steps. I need to create the pixel art for my project. I was originally thinking that I would do this myself but it seems like kind of a lot of work so I am thinking about trying to use midjourney or Dalli-e instead.
  • Keep forward momentum!
  • You got this!

Art Generation!

So its been a few days I have lost a little bit of steam. So I started just looking inot generating the art for this project using GPT 4.0. It was actually really easy to get some cool results from the outset with GPT 4.0 and dall-e

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Here are a few examples that I was able to generate on the 3rd or 4th try.

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But ultimately it was difficult edit and regenerate these images. I got frustrated because the process was pretty slow and it wasn’t easy to keep the same style consistently. Sooo I subscribed to midjourney to see if that would be a better option since I am going to be generating a lot of these images. 70 or more since I will be doing every single card.

Here is a link to my references and notes on midjourney:

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Jan 6th Update

Alright I have actually made quite a bit of progress. I have a first version of the majority of the pixel art cards. And I have a basic flow for the app.

Art problems:

  • Not all of the Cards are quite the right size
  • Not all of the cards are the same resolution in terms of pixel art
  • I have a few that are still missing

Flow problems:

  • I don’t love the flow of the app I think I need a more basic description of how pixel fortune works at the beginning.