Game Development with JavaScript: Creating Tetris
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.
- 27 lessons across 8 modules
- 10 quizzes with instant feedback
- AI Tutor on every lesson
I'm an experienced developer with about 15 years of professional experience from both frontend and backend. I have many years of experience from Java and .Net environments on the backend but in the last years my main focus has been on the frontend. My current position is as a frontend architect. I have extensive experience with both JavaScript and TypeScript and have been working with Angular and React for the last five years or so. Before that I used frameworks like AngularJS, Knockout and jQuery. My latest passion is to write and teach others about development. I have been blogging for a few years about different topics, but mostly about JavaScript and Angular. It was through my blogging that I came in contact with the Educative platform. I'm also one of the organizers of ngVikings, one of the world's most famous Angular conferences.
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What You'll Learn
- Use modern JavaScript (let/const, arrow functions, destructuring, spread/rest) to structure game code
- Design reusable game components with JavaScript classes, methods, and inheritance
- Build and render a Tetris board and tetrominoes on an HTML canvas using a 2D array model
- Implement keyboard controls and rotation using event listeners and matrix-based transforms
- Apply collision detection, freezing, and line-clearing logic to enforce valid gameplay and game over
- Implement a game loop with requestAnimationFrame to manage timing and smooth animation
- Create scoring, levels, and high scores using Proxy, localStorage, and async fetch from JSON
Learning Roadmap
2.
Modern JavaScript
Modern JavaScript
3.
Getting Started With Tetris
Getting Started With Tetris
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
4.
Moving Pieces
Moving Pieces
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
5.
Game Logic
Game Logic
5 Lessons
5 Lessons
6.
Gamification
Gamification
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
7.
Asynchronous JavaScript
Asynchronous JavaScript
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
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