dcwds / snake-game

Eat apples, don't eat yourself. Avoid walls too.

Snake Game

Eat apples, earn points. Don't eat yourself or the walls.

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What I Learned

• I was able to get a bit of a performance boost from React memo
• I found a reasonable use-case for useRef in the useGame hook
• This was the first time I worked with a game loop.

Todo

• Add controls for mobile, as the game is currently keyboard-driven
• Fix some strange states when keys are quickly pressed
• Performance optimizations (I've considered offloading some calculations to GPU)
• Canvas implementation
• Better styling

Technologies

• Bootstrapped with Create React App
• Styles with Styled Components