Learn JavaScript by creating a functional Tetris game, covering graphics, game loops, and collision detection.

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.

Game Development with JavaScript: Creating Tetris

A piece in Tetris is a shape consisting of four blocks moving as a unit. They are often called tetrominoes and come in seven different patterns and colors. `The names I, J, L, O, S, T, and Z resemble their shape`.

In this lesson, you will discover how Tetris pieces are represented by a class and how to draw them on a Canvas.

Course Overview

Modern JavaScript

Getting Started With Tetris

Moving Pieces

Game Logic

Gamification

Asynchronous JavaScript

Final Words

Tetrominoes