Vibe Tennis A Creative Coding Rally Free and open to the public First Serve: Summer, 2025 $ README.md ↓

Vibe Tennis

A Creative Coding Rally

README.md

Reviving the experimental web, one volley at a time.

Vibe Tennis is a modern revival of the legendary Photoshop Tennis — the experimental, back-and-forth art game that defined an era.

Background

Photoshop Tennis flipped the web back in 2001, when Coudal Partners turned a Photoshop file-swapping competition into Friday must-see-TV for designers all over the world.

Three Chicago originals are reopening the court — only this time, we're trading Ps layers for vibe-coded volleys, enabling a contemporary class of experimentation, expression, and competition.

How a Match Works

$cat match_rules.txt cat: match_rules.txt: Loading file contents...
  1. Serve — The server opens the rally with the augmented racket of their choosing, driving a distinctive concept over the net to the receiver. No utilitarian apps, no vaporware product landing pages, just freaky flourishes and unconventional vibes.
  2. Volley — The receiver has 20 minutes to pull it down, twist it up, and vibe however they see fit via the tools of their choosing, after which they push their creation back over the net to the server.
  3. Rally — The match is streamed live, volley after volley, while spectators watch the build grow in real time via livestream. Color is provided via live player interviews and commentary throughout.
  4. Game, Set, Match — After eight volleys the crowd votes, the scoreboard locks, and the repo remains as a living artifact and a live experiment to inspire online.

Why This, and Why Now?

We miss the energy of the pre-commercial web, when experimentation, learning, and sharing was the aim, and online communities were born of shared passions rather than corporate interests.

Vibe Tennis is a return to the community and spirit of this era.

We're not here to ship. We're here to serve.

Questions

$ Get in touch: hello@vibe.tennis

commit 5368616c6c20776520706c617920612067616d653f (HEAD -> main)
Author: Vibe Tennis <hello@vibe.tennis>
Date: 2025-04-20 15:42:16 (UTC+0)
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