Fishing for Papers

Fishing for Papers is a cozy, open-ended fishing game for serendipitous discovery of visualisation literature.

Demo

• Online demo: https://fishing-for-papers.github.io/game/

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+ recommended
• pnpm

Install and Run

pnpm install
pnpm dev

Environment Variables

Create a local .env file in public-repos/game/ based on .env.example:

• VITE_WORKER_URL: public Cloudflare Worker endpoint
• VITE_R2_PUBLIC_DOMAIN: public R2 domain for generated assets

Deployment

• GitHub Pages is deployed via GitHub Actions.
• Vite base is set to /game/ for the project site path.
• Recommended branch workflow:
  • dev: active development
  • main: stable release/deployment
  • merge via pull request (dev -> main)

Citation

If you use this project in research or teaching, please cite:

@inproceedings{eschner2026fishing,
  title     = {Fishing for Papers: A Serendipitous Knowledge Discovery Game},
  author    = {Eschner, Johannes and Guo, Yuhan},
  booktitle = {EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities (VisGames)},
  year      = {2026},
  month     = jun,
}