GameFinder 🎮

A full-stack MERN app that lets users search games, manage collections/wishlists, write reviews, and authenticate via Google or email/password.
Fast React frontend, clean Express backend, and MongoDB for persistence.

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Screenshots

Home Page

Game Page

Profile Page

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Features

• 🔍 Game search with genre, platform, sorting, and text filters
• 👤 User accounts (Google OAuth + email/password)
• 🎮 Collections & wishlists (add/remove games)
• 📝 Review system with rating, comment, author
• 👥 Friends system (add/remove, list other users)
• 🔐 JWT authentication
• 🗄️ MongoDB models: Login, User, Review

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Tech Stack

Frontend

• React + TypeScript
• Vite
• Chakra UI
• Axios

Backend

• Node.js + Express
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• Passport.js (Google OAuth)
• bcrypt
• JSON Web Tokens
• CORS

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Project Structure

GameFinder/
│
├── client/              # Frontend (React + Vite)
│   ├── src/
│   └── ...
│
├── server/              # Backend (Express, MongoDB)
│   ├── models/
│   ├── auth/
│   ├── server.cjs
│   ├── secret.js
│   └── ...
│
└── README.md

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API Overview

Auth

GET  /auth/google               → Google OAuth login
POST /signup                    → Create account
POST /login                     → Email/password login
GET  /userByToken/:token        → Fetch logged-in user

Users

GET  /allUsers/:userId          → Get all users except self/friends
POST /changeFriendStatus        → Add/remove friends

Games

GET  /gameStatus?userId&gameId  → Collection/wishlist status
POST /changeGameStatus          → Add/remove from collection/wishlist

Reviews

GET  /reviews/:gameId           → Get reviews for a game
POST /addReview                 → Add review
POST /deleteReview              → Delete review

Environment Variables

Create a secret.js inside /server:

module.exports = {
    MONGO_DB_URL: "your-connection-string-here",
    jwt_secret: "your-secret-here"
};

Then run both the sides separately

Backend

cd server
npm install
node server.cjs

Frontend

cd client
npm install
npm run dev