Build Your First Game: Space Invaders with JavaScript
Build a fully playable Space Invaders game from scratch using Vanilla JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas.
This is a real frontend portfolio project that teaches game loops, collision detection, and rendering logic.
Perfect for JavaScript beginners and aspiring frontend developers.
📌 What You’ll Build
In this tutorial, you’ll create a classic Space Invaders shooting game that runs entirely in the browser using HTML, CSS, Canvas, and JavaScript.
This is not a toy demo — it’s a resume-ready project that demonstrates real-world JavaScript problem-solving.
🧠 What You’ll Learn
Game loop & canvas rendering
Player movement & shooting mechanics
Enemy invader logic
Collision detection
Score tracking & game states
Keyboard event handling
⏱️ Chapters (Outcome-Based)
00:00 Intro
00:37 Game Demo
02:12 Project Setup
06:39 JavaScript DOM Setup
08:39 Center Text on Canvas
11:18 Start Game with Keyboard
13:59 Player Object & Rendering
17:13 Player Movement Logic
21:51 Bullet Firing Mechanics
26:08 Invader Generation & Movement
36:11 Collision Detection
38:44 Score Updates
40:32 Game Over & Completion Logic
44:12 Testing & Outro
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📂 Check out the source code for this project on GitHub!
👉 [https://github.com/codehuntersharath/...]
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