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Game Development with JavaScript: Creating Tetris
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Gain insights into game development with JavaScript. Delve into graphics, game loops, and collision detection by creating Tetris. Showcase your skills with a fully functioning game.

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Game Development with JavaScript: Creating Tetris

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Overview

In this course, you will get hands-on game development experience with JavaScript. Using the classic game of Tetris, you are going to cover concepts like graphics, game loops, and collision detection. By the end of this course, we will have a fully functioning game with points and levels. Try it out with your friends and put it in your portfolio for employers to see.

In this course, you will get hands-on game development experience with JavaScript. Using the classic game of Tetris, you are goi...Show More

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27 Lessons10 Quizzes

Course Overview

1 Lessons

Get familiar with creating a Tetris-inspired game and enhancing your JavaScript skills.

Who is This Course for?

Modern JavaScript

6 Lessons

Unpack the core of modern JavaScript features including variables, classes, functions, & destructuring.

Getting Started With Tetris

3 Lessons

Explore the project structure, board design, and canvas interactions for creating Tetris.

Styling the Game

The Board

Canvas

Moving Pieces

3 Lessons

Break down the steps to manage Tetrominoes, user interaction, and piece rotation.

Tetrominoes

User Interaction

Rotation

Game Logic

5 Lessons

Solve problems in game logic for smooth gameplay, collision detection, and randomized tetrominoes.

Gamification

4 Lessons

Follow the process of integrating proxies, scoring, levels, and high scores to enhance Tetris gameplay.

Asynchronous JavaScript

4 Lessons

Master the steps to efficiently handle asynchronous tasks in JavaScript using callbacks, promises, async/await, and server-side high score management.

Final Words

1 Lessons

Learn how to use advanced JavaScript for game development and further exploration.

Conclusion

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Michael Karén

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