Pterodactle is a fun wordle-based dinosaur guessing game.

Simply enter a guess and see which categories you got right and which ones you got wrong. The categories include name, diet, time period, country, type, and length. Use this information from previous guesses to narrow down the options and guess the correct dinosaur!

Begin by inputting your first guess into the box. As you type letters, a dropdown will appear with all the possible dinosaurs you may be trying to type. For example, typing "ab" will result in all dinosaurs in the dataset starting with those letters to appear. A dinosaur in the dropdown can be clicked, or its name can be typed out. Either the enter key or the "Submit" button can be clicked. If the value in the textbox that is submitted is not a dinosaur name in the dataset, it will be deleted from the textbox and the guess will have to be re-written. Once you guess, all correct categories will be colored green, while all incorrect categories will be colored gray. You will have infinite guesses to guess the correct dinosaur. Once you succeed, a "You Win!" popup will appear with the number of guesses you took and the correct dinosaur. There will also be a "Practice" button, where you can play practice mode. Buttons at the top will also allow you to toggle theme and go between practice/daily mode. If you toggle mode, all of your guesses get wiped and you will have to restart. Toggle theme does not have the same effect.

The game can be accessed at https://pterodactle.onrender.com. Simply click the link to visit the site and start playing!

• Theme Toggle (dark and light Mode)
• Daily Mode (a dinosaur is chosen every 24 hours)
• Practice Mode (a random dinosaur is chosen)
• Guess Table (for keeping track of all previous guesses)
• Guess Highlighting (green means correct, gray means incorrect)
• Interactive Dropdown
• Over 300 dinosaurs to guess

• Kaggle for dataset
• VSCode and Github for coding
• Render and UptimeRobot for hosting
• ChatGPT for some debugging

v1.1.0