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Create Your Own Snake Game in React!

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

🌱 How to start this project

Don't clone this repository because we will use a different template.

We recommend opening the React template using a provisioning tool like Codespaces (recommended) or Gitpod. Alternatively, you can clone the GitHub repository on your local computer using the git clone command.

This is the repository you need to open or clone:

https://github.com/4GeeksAcademy/react-hello

⚠ You will need to have Node.js installed if you do it locally, but all of that is already installed on Codespaces or Gitpod!

📝 Instructions

Step 1: Set Up the Project

Step 2: Plan the Game Structure

Step 3: Implement the Game Board

Step 4: Manage State with useState

1const [snake, setSnake] = useState([[10, 10]]); 2const [direction, setDirection] = useState('RIGHT'); 3const [food, setFood] = useState([15, 15]); 4const [gameOver, setGameOver] = useState(false);

Step 5: Handle Snake Movement

1useEffect(() => { 2 const moveSnake = () => { 3 // Logic to move the snake 4 }; 5 6 if (!gameOver) { 7 const interval = setInterval(moveSnake, 200); 8 return () => clearInterval(interval); 9 } 10}, [snake, direction, gameOver]);

Step 6: Key Controls to Change Direction

1useEffect(() => { 2 const handleKeyDown = (event) => { 3 switch(event.key) { 4 case 'ArrowUp': 5 setDirection('UP'); 6 break; 7 case 'ArrowDown': 8 setDirection('DOWN'); 9 break; 10 case 'ArrowLeft': 11 setDirection('LEFT'); 12 break; 13 case 'ArrowRight': 14 setDirection('RIGHT'); 15 break; 16 default: 17 break; 18 } 19 }; 20 21 window.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown); 22 return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown); 23}, []);

Step 7: Implement Food Logic

Step 8: Handle Game Over

1if (checkCollision(newHead)) { 2 setGameOver(true); 3}

Step 9: Improve the User Interface

Bonus Section

Additional Features to Practice and Improve the Project

  1. Speed Adjustment: Increase the snake's speed as the player progresses.

  2. Difficulty Levels: Offer different difficulty levels with varying speeds or board sizes.

  3. Obstacles: Add obstacles to the board that the snake must avoid.

  4. Sounds and Effects: Add sound effects when eating food or when the game ends!

  5. High Scores: Implement a system to save and display high scores using local storage.

  6. Customizable Themes: Allow the player to choose between different visual themes for the game.

  7. Multiplayer Game: Implement a mode where two snakes compete on the same board.

Explore different enhancements to make your Snake game more interesting and challenging!

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Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

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Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies