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Dev tools · July 13, 2016

I made a match game to propose to my girlfriend

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I made a match game to propose to my girlfriend launched on July 13, 2016 with 14 votes, #1,570 of 3,671 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

In plain words

This is a match game created as a marriage proposal. The developer built a custom game experience to ask their girlfriend to marry them. It was launched in 2016 and is available on GitHub. The project combines game development with a personal milestone, making it a unique approach to a significant life event.

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