Wikidle

A daily Wikipedia navigation game.

Navigate from one Wikipedia article to another using only links within the articles. Your goal is to reach the target in as few links as possible.

How It Works

Each day gives you:

• A starting article
• A target article
• A shortest possible path

You navigate Wikipedia normally, clicking links to move between articles.

The game tracks your:

• Path length
• Shortest path
• Clicks
• Time
• Full path taken

Daily Games

A GitHub Actions workflow generates a new puzzle each day.

The generated puzzle is stored in:

data/daily-game.json

The website fetches this file when the game starts, so the frontend doesn't need to generate or know the daily puzzle itself.

Article Graph

Wikipedia links are collected ahead of time into:

data/article-graph.json

The graph uses the same filtering rules as the game, removing things such as files, categories, templates, special pages, and other non-article links.

The daily generator uses this local graph to find suitable article pairs and calculate their shortest path without repeatedly querying Wikipedia.

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build TypeScript:

npm run build

Rebuild the article graph:

npx tsx scripts/build_graph.ts

Generate today's game:

npx tsx scripts/generate_game.ts

The game is then available through:

data/daily-game.json

Goal

Wikidle is designed to be a simple daily challenge: two Wikipedia articles, one shortest path, and a new puzzle every day.