Case study 04 / 05
Challenge Wheel
Overcome Decision Paralysis
Challenge yourself with an exciting spin, track your progress, and feel the thrill of completing each challenge that fate selects for you!
- Project
- Challenge Wheel
- Year
- 2025
- Role
- Design & development
- Stack
- Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, Clerk
01/Problem
The problem
Decision paralysis kills productivity. You have a list of challenges you want to tackle but can't decide which one to start with, leading to procrastination. Traditional to-do lists feel boring and overwhelming. Without a structured way to track and celebrate achievements, it's easy to lose momentum. I needed something that made decisions for me while keeping the journey exciting.
Decision Paralysis: You have a list of challenges you want to tackle, but can't decide which one to start with, leading to procrastination and inaction.
Lack of Motivation: Traditional to-do lists feel boring and overwhelming, making it hard to stay motivated to complete your challenges.
Inconsistent Progress: Without a structured way to track and celebrate achievements, it's easy to lose momentum and abandon challenges halfway.
Isolated Journey: Working on challenges alone makes it harder to stay accountable and share your progress with others who might be inspired.
02/Approach
Goals and approach
A wheel of fortune system where fate decides your next challenge. Users add their challenges to the wheel and spin to receive their task. The reward-based progression system makes completing challenges exciting with streaks and achievements. A minimalist, distraction-free UI keeps users focused on what matters: taking action.
Create a fun, engaging, and easy-to-use web app for decision making.
Let fate decide your challenges, making each day an exciting adventure.
Provide a simple onboarding experience that lets users set up their challenges quickly.
Ensure the app is mobile-friendly and intuitive.
03/Architecture
How it is built
Built with Next.js and TypeScript for a fast, type-safe experience. Supabase provides real-time data sync with PostgreSQL and Row Level Security for user isolation. Clerk handles authentication with social login support. The wheel uses smooth animations and weighted randomization to ensure fair challenge distribution based on completion history.
A wheel of fortune system, where users add challenges and mark progress.
A reward-based progression system that makes challenge completion exciting.
A minimalist, distraction-free UI to keep users focused.
04/Results
What happened
Challenge Wheel has transformed how users approach their personal goals. By removing the decision-making burden and adding gamification elements, users report completing significantly more challenges than with traditional methods. The app is fully mobile-friendly and designed to be picked up and used in seconds.