{"slug": "i-built-a-prompt-engineering-game-here-s-why-i-think-learning-by-doing-beats", "title": "I built a prompt engineering game — here's why I think learning by doing beats every tutorial", "summary": "A developer built a prompt engineering game called The Prompt Game, featuring 10 challenges that require users to apply techniques like zero-shot, few-shot, chain of thought, and role prompting. The game uses a real LLM to respond and a second LLM to evaluate whether the correct technique was used, aiming to teach through hands-on practice rather than theory. Built with Next.js 14, Groq, Supabase, Upstash Redis, and Vercel, it is available for free at thepromptgame.vercel.app.", "body_md": "Every guide on prompt engineering teaches you theory.\n\nRead this, memorize that, here are 10 tips.\n\nThe problem? You never actually write prompts.\n\nSo I built a game: 10 challenges, each one forces you to\n\nuse a specific technique — zero-shot, few-shot, chain of\n\nthought, role prompting, constraints, and more.\n\nYou write a prompt → real LLM responds → second LLM\n\nevaluates whether you used the right technique. Not just\n\nwhether the output looks okay — whether your prompt\n\ncaused it correctly.\n\n**Stack**: Next.js 14, Groq, Supabase, Upstash Redis, Vercel\n\n**Try it free:** [thepromptgame.vercel.app](https://dev.tourl)\n\nWhat technique do you think is hardest to learn hands-on?", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-prompt-engineering-game-here-s-why-i-think-learning-by-doing-beats", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/git_blame_nobody/i-built-a-prompt-engineering-game-heres-why-i-think-learning-by-doing-beats-every-tutorial-1gki", "published_at": "2026-07-11 10:00:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-11 10:13:56.256005+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "developer-tools", "ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["The Prompt Game", "Next.js", "Groq", "Supabase", "Upstash Redis", "Vercel"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-prompt-engineering-game-here-s-why-i-think-learning-by-doing-beats", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-prompt-engineering-game-here-s-why-i-think-learning-by-doing-beats.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-prompt-engineering-game-here-s-why-i-think-learning-by-doing-beats.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-prompt-engineering-game-here-s-why-i-think-learning-by-doing-beats.jsonld"}}