Firebase Hosting Deploy + Waitlist API (React + Vite) | Build-in-Public Game Dev
I’m building a psychological AI game called The Shaping — where you chat with one NPC living in an unseen world… and the NPC’s future is shaped by your advice + the crowd’s influence.
This is Build-in-Public Episode 1 and the goal is simple:
ship something real, fast, and live.
In this episode, I deploy the first public version of the project:
✅ Repo + scaffold (React + Vite + TypeScript)
✅ Waitlist landing page (working UI)
✅ Firebase Hosting deployment (live site)
✅ The first “touchable” milestone for early followers
🌐 Live site: https://the-shaping.web.app
(Yes — it’s live right now.)
Next up in the roadmap:
➡️ Firebase Anonymous Auth
➡️ Moniker picker (fake handle required)
➡️ Chat UI v1
➡️ “NPC Online” (AI gateway)
➡️ Memory + Daily world events
If you want to watch a full game get built from zero, subscribe — I’m shipping this publicly and moving fast.
#BuildInPublic #GameDev #Firebase #React #IndieDev #AI
⏱ Chapters (edit timestamps as needed)
00:00 — Create React + Vite + Node Scaffold, and Git Repo
17:32 — Create Waitlist page frontend + API backend (local only)
30:49 — Style Waitlist page (still local only)
40:58 — Firebase setup
53:50 — Deploy code to Firebase (Waitlist is live!)
01:02:40 — Go join the waitlist at https://the-shaping.web.app