Just launched NEXTURN — a swipe-based game recommender
After 4 months of evenings and weekends, NEXTURN is live: https://nexturn.games
It's a swipe-based game discovery tool. Drag titles into 3 zones — love, interested, not for me — and the engine learns your taste, then recommends what to play next.
The "not for me" zone is the key. Most discovery tools only collect positive signal, which is why they keep recommending sequels of games you've already finished. NEXTURN propagates negative signal across genres, themes, and game modes.
Stack: Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind v4, framer-motion. IGDB API for game data. Vercel hosting.
Highlights:
- ~1200 hand-curated titles across 17 genres + IGDB fallback
- MMR diversity reranking (no all-AAA-action bias)
- Generates a shareable image of your taste profile
- Free, no signup, no ads, JP/EN supported
Hardest parts of the journey:
- Stripe rejected my legal page twice → migrated to Ko-fi
- Brand collision found 1 week before launch → full rebrand from "NEXT PLAY" to "NEXTURN"
- Drag jank on Android Chrome with 100+ swipes → 4x improvement with MessageChannel yields
Would love feedback on the swipe UX. Roast me 🙏
