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Basic Snake HTML Game

Snake is a fun game to make as it doesn't require a lot of code (less than 100 lines with all comments removed). This is a basic implementation of the snake game, but it's missing a few things intentionally and they're left as further exploration for the reader.

Further Exploration

• Score
  • When the snake eats an apple, the score should increase by one. Use context.fillText() to display the score to the screen
• Mobile and touchscreen support
• Allow the game to be scalled down to a phone size. See https://codepen.io/straker/pen/VazMaL

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Basic Breakout HTML Game

This is a basic implementation of the Atari Breakout game, but it's missing a few things intentionally and they're left as further exploration for the reader.

Further Exploration

• Lives
  • The player should have 3 chances to remove all the bricks. Display how many lives the player currently has using context.fillText(). Remove a life when the ball goes below the screen
• Score
• When a ball collides with a brick, the score should increase based on the color. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)

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Basic Pong HTML Game

This is a basic implementation of the Atari Pong game, but it's missing a few things intentionally and they're left as further exploration for the reader.

Further Exploration

• Score
  • When a ball goes past a paddle, the other player should score a point. Use context.fillText() to display the score to the screen
• Mobile and touchscreen support
• Allow the game to be scalled down to a phone size. See https://codepen.io/straker/pen/VazMaL

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Basic Tetris HTML Game

This is a basic implementation of the game Tetris, but it's missing a few things intentionally and they're left as further exploration for the reader.

Further Exploration

• Score
  • When a line is cleared, the score should increase based on the number of lines cleared at once. See https://tetris.fandom.com/wiki/Scoring
  • Display a high score using localSorage
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Basic Bomberman HTML Game

This is a basic implementation of the NES game Bomberman, but it's missing a few things intentionally and they're left as further exploration for the reader.

Further Exploration

• Player death
  • The player should die when it is hit by an explosion from a bomb
• Powerups
• Add powerups that increase the bomb size and the number of bombs the player can place. The powerups should spawn randomly after a soft wall is blown up