Trickshot
Thursday
The weekly viz competition with no limits, no prejudices. Everything goes and everything is possible. AI is not just allowed, it's encouraged. Vibe vizzers, unite.
From a hummingbird beating its wings 50 times a second to an arctic tern commuting between the poles every single year, birds are the most measurable show in the sky. This week, take anything with feathers and turn it into data.
Migration routes and distances, wingspan versus body weight, the 390 km/h dive of a peregrine falcon, egg sizes, birdsong frequencies, backyard bird counts, penguin colonies in Antarctica, city pigeon populations, murmurations of a million starlings, species lost and species saved. Go feathered. Go nerdy. Go beautiful.
The only rule: it has to be about birds, and it has to be quantified.
Submissions
(3)
How It Works
Topic drops
Every Thursday a new topic is announced. Wild, weird, or wonderful.
You create
Use any AI, any tool, any technique. Build the craziest viz you can.
Get roasted
The community and AI emperor judge your work. All for the sake of improvement.
Win
Highest score earns a permanent spot in the Trickshot Thursday Hall of Fame.
The Rules
AI tools are fully allowed and encouraged. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, whatever gets the job done.
The viz must be a single HTML file. Upload it to The Viz Republic like any other viz.
Your viz must relate to the weekly topic. Creative interpretation is part of the game.
One submission per person per week. Make it count.
Scoring is a blend of AI roast score and community engagement (likes, views, comments).
Winner earns a permanent spot in the Trickshot Thursday Hall of Fame.
The Vibe
This is not about perfection on day one. It's about showing up, going wild, and letting the community push your viz to the next level. Every roast is a lesson. Every comment is fuel. Upload something bold, get torn apart lovingly, iterate, and come back stronger.
The best vizzes are the ones that got roasted the hardest.
Past Winners
Vehicles on Water
Won by Lex Pierik: "From Paddle to rocket"
Social Etiquette Around the World
Won by Jef Aerts: "Personal Space Economy"
Animals of the Jungle: Quantified
Won by Geoffrey Smolders: "The Jungle Soundscape — Animals of the Jungle, Quantified"