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freeCodeCamp

JavaScript Game Development Course for Beginners

via freeCodeCamp

Overview

Learn to create 2D games using HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript with no frameworks or libraries. This course covers sprite animation, state management, enemy movement patterns, collision animations, and more. The course includes step-by-step projects to help you understand each technique and culminates in building a final endless runner game with various features. The intended audience for this course is beginners interested in game development using JavaScript.

Syllabus

Intro.
Project 1: Vanilla JavaScript sprite animation techniques.
Project 2: Parallax backgrounds.
Project 3: Enemy movement patterns.
Collision detection between rectangles.
Collision detection between circles.
Project 4: Collision animations from a sprite sheet.
Project 5: Point & shoot game.
Project 6: Enemy variety.
Project 7: Side-scroller game with mobile support.
Project 8: State management.
Project 9: Final endless runner game with all the features.

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