Retro Gaming | DJ Sanderson

Building the Retro Game site.

Retrogaming, also known as classic gaming and old school gaming, is the playing or collecting of older personal computer, console, and arcade video games in contemporary times. Usually retrogaming is based upon systems that are obsolete or discontinued.

So I have seen a few websites with games, some retro some not. I was learning JavaScript and realized that learning JS could lead to utilizing react to create apps,.etc. I was longing for my kids to play the games I played at arcades when I was a kid. I know there are apps and websites that have theses games but I wanted to be the creator.

I know I am not the first but as I was learning, I felt that builsing/ creating something that you are passionate about is the best way to go, always!!

So I made Snake first, It wasnt as simple as I thought but JavaScript is such a powerful programming language I pushed forward.

The canvas is an interesting aspect of coding. ... ...Using the x/y co ordinates is another awesome way of giving instruction. .. ....Utliszing functions. ..

Creating foo, ... growing the snake ,... it was an AWESOME experience!!

“Code refactoring is the process of restructuring existing computer code, without changing its external behaviour.” -wikipedia

There are so many tutorials out there for learning to build games. Find the right tutor is the first and most important task. I needed a tutor that explained thing in detail, in order, the ways, hows, whens and when not to-s s are vital information to learning anything.

But watching is very different from doing. I htry and repeat the creation of a project a couple times. I find it helps me understand and see things more like a coder. As well as the fact that I get new ideas of how to improve them ... ..

You probably know how Pong works, but just in case:

The two paddles are controlled either by the CPU, the arrow keys, or the S and X keys.
There is a constantly moving ball that rebounds on walls on top and bottom of the game field.
Each time the ball goes beyond a player's paddle, their opponent scores a point.
The first player to 10 is considered the winner.

Tetris. ... Oh, Tetris!!

My favorite game as a youngster. I have spent plenty of coin and hours at my local arcade on this classic. I used HTML, CSS & JavaScript to create this much beloved game.

I was working on a hotel website and then had the idea of putting my games all together on a Retro Game site. I plan to add more games, information about retro games, etc.

I was also trying to expand my Github skills. I didnt want any links to template websites. I wanted everything created from scratch.

I hope you enjoy the website. I am building so it will only get better. . .