In order to sharpen my JavaScript skills I wanted to challenge myself to build an application without any libraries or frameworks. I landed on developing a game and decided to recreate the classic computer game Space Invaders. I built the game to have 5 levels that increase in difficulty as each level is passed. The player will have 3 lives per level and scores points for each invader eliminated.
Feel free to clone the repository if you'd like, follow the steps below to get it up and running on your machine.
After downloading or cloning the repository head to the root directory of the project and install the dependencies.
$ npm installOnce dependencies are installed you can start up a development server to view any changes you make as you make them and watch the game come to life.
$ npm run startIf you'd like to build out the JavaScript bundle once you're finished editing go ahead and run the npm command below and a 'build' folder will be created after bundling is finished.
$ npm run buildMIT License