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5 Quick Game Ideas you can build with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

5 Quick Game Ideas you can build with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Here are game ideas you can build as part of the AWS Game Builder Challenge!

I really enjoy building simple games. They’re a great test of implementing relatively complex logic in one sitting. I want to share a few that I’ve built over the years with you in hopes that they may be inspiration for the AWS Game Builder Challenge  which is a hackathon happening for the month of November on Devpost. You can build a game as simple or complex as you want -- from quick ones like these to something way more difficult!
The challenge asks you to use AWS services when you build your game, I would use AWS Amplify Hosting  to ship these static sites.

Trivia 

Build a trivia game! Store the correct answer to each question as well as incorrect ones for the user to guess between. Store the data either in a JSON or a database.

Trivia game with four answers to the question "Which singer's real name is Stefani Germanotta"

Flood 
Flood is a surprisingly catchy game - the goal is to change the board to one color starting at the top left corner and traversing outward. I had a lot of fun building (and playing) this one.

Flood game with grid of colored boxes

Repeat after me 

In this game, there’s a generated sequence that the user must mimic. If they do so correctly, they get another sequence that’s one longer than the previous.
repeat after me game with four colored boxes on the screen

Tic Tac Toe 

The classic! Players place X’s and O’s on a grid aiming to get three in a row.
Tic tac toe game with X's and O's on a grid

Tower of Hanoi 

In this game, you will move disks from peg to peg, trying to move the stack to the final peg in the same pyramid shape.
Tower of Hanoi game

Conclusion

These five games offer a range of complexity and can be excellent starting points for the AWS Game Builder Challenge. They demonstrate various programming concepts and can be expanded upon to create more intricate or exciting games. I can’t wait to see what you build !
 
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