How To Create A Snake Game: React.js

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with Maxim-Filimonov|10 years experience|JavaScript

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How To Create A Snake Game: React.js

  • English
  • Programming
  • React.jsReact.js
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  • Project length: 16h 22m

This tutorial will cover all details that are necessary to build a complete snake game in React using JavaScript. You will setup all the necessary steps to build similar the game yourself including framework setup and advanced concepts such as state management. We will start by covering basic setup(tools and frameworks), then we move to building the snake game in JavaScript without any user interface, and then add the user interface on top of the functional game.

Overview

How to create A Snake Game in React

Project Introduction:

This tutorial will cover all details that are necessary to build a complete snake game in React using JavaScript. You will setup all the necessary steps to build similar the game yourself including framework setup and advanced concepts such as state management. We will start by covering basic setup(tools and frameworks), then we move to building the snake game in JavaScript without any user interface, and then add the user interface on top of the functional game.

What are the requirements?:

This section will cover requirements of programming language, skills viewers should have to understand and follow this tutorial.

  • HTML/CSS
  • JavaScript(basic level)
  • React(basic level)
  • And the most important is: desire to learn

What is the target audience?:

  • Learners who want to learn how to build a game in functional style
  • You want to learn how to build a game in JavaScript
  • You want to learn how to use React for Game Development

When are the streaming sessions (streaming schedule)?

Weekly 9 am EST New York time on Tuesday, Friday

Project Outline

Session 1: Setting-up the Environment

  • Project overview and tools used
  • Setting up the programming environment for mac

Shared Settings GitHub repo

Sessions 2-4: Snake Game Logic

  • Game grid implementation
  • Snake basic movements
  • Growing snake from food and obstacle detection Inspirations:

Sessions 5-6: Adding User Interface

  • Render loop
  • Drawing snake with tail
  • Drawing food and growing snake

Sessions 6+: Improvements - refactoring and algorithms improvements

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