Bug Hunter: I Turned Every Website Into A Debugging Horror Game

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This is a submission for the DEV April Fools Challenge

What I Built

I built Bug Hunter, a Chrome extension that spawns crawling bugs on top of real websites so you can "debug" them by smashing them.

It solves absolutely nothing in real life, which makes it perfect for this challenge.

Open any page, start Bug Hunter, pick a tool, and hunt.
Smash bugs to lower your stress meter and boost score.
Miss too many and the page becomes a full-blown infestation.

Delightfully useless? Yes.
Strangely therapeutic? Also yes.

Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvBXobETSqg

Code

https://github.com/Nudgen-Marketing/bug-hunter

How I Built It

  • Chrome Extension Manifest V3
  • and TypeScript that's it

Key features:

  • Bug crawling behavior over live page elements
  • Tool/weapon interactions and score feedback
  • Stress-meter game loop with win/lose states
  • Session-based overlay effects (no permanent page modifications)

Prize Category

Community Favorite

I built Bug Hunter to be immediately funny, fast to try, and fun enough to replay for a "higher score + lower stress" run.

Team Submissions: toannhu96


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