Memory Game is a Light & Sound Memory game to apply for CodePath's SITE Program.
Submitted by: Oheneba Kwaku Berko
Time spent: 10 hours spent in total
Link to project: https://glitch.com/edit/#!/halved-comet-track?path=style.css%3A1%3A0
The following required functionality is complete:
- Game interface has a heading (h1 tag), a line of body text (p tag), and four buttons that match the demo app
- "Start" button toggles between "Start" and "Stop" when clicked.
- Game buttons each light up and play a sound when clicked.
- Computer plays back sequence of clues including sound and visual cue for each button
- Play progresses to the next turn (the user gets the next step in the pattern) after a correct guess.
- User wins the game after guessing a complete pattern
- User loses the game after an incorrect guess
The following optional features are implemented:
- Any HTML page elements (including game buttons) has been styled differently than in the tutorial
- Buttons use a pitch (frequency) other than the ones in the tutorial
- More than 4 functional game buttons
- Playback speeds up on each turn
- Computer picks a different pattern each time the game is played
- Player only loses after 3 mistakes (instead of on the first mistake)
- Game button appearance change goes beyond color (e.g. add an image)
- Game button sound is more complex than a single tone (e.g. an audio file, a chord, a sequence of multiple tones)
- User has a limited amount of time to enter their guess on each turn
The following additional features are implemented:
- List anything else that you can get done to improve the app!
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If you used any outside resources to help complete your submission (websites, books, people, etc) list them here. [I watched a few tutorials on YouTube about CSS and JavaScript to help me better understand the project.]
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What was a challenge you encountered in creating this submission (be specific)? How did you overcome it? (recommended 200 - 400 words) [I did not encounter that many challenges when working on the project because of my prior experience working with HTML and CSS. However, I had to do a little more research when working on the javaScript portion of the assessment. I watched a few Youtube videos and read the tutorials the prompts on the instructions provided. One portion that gave me a bit of an issue while working on the project was trying to get the start and stop buttons to alternate and hide with each other. I had a bit of an issue with my startGame() and stopGame() functions, specifically the portion of adding and removing the “hidden” element from the buttons. It took me a while to figure it out, but I started working on the code and retook it from the very top because I could not figure out where the error was coming from. After further analysis and looking at the code in its entirety, I realized it was not due to any technical problems, but it was because I had written the word “start” with a smaller “s” and the word “Stop” with a capital “S.” Once I remedied this issue, my code started working perfectly again. The rest of the code went quite smoothly.]
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What questions about web development do you have after completing your submission? (recommended 100 - 300 words) [I do not have any specific questions, but I am interested in keeping up my study with javascript because I was intrigued by what I could do with it on the project. I want to explore just how much I can accomplish with this knowledge.]
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If you had a few more hours to work on this project, what would you spend them doing (for example: refactoring certain functions, adding additional features, etc). Be specific. (recommended 100 - 300 words) [I started working on this project pretty late and close to the deadline, so, unfortunately, I did not have enough time to work on the optional portion of the assignment, but if I had a few more hours, I would definitely start there. I want to explore how to implement a timer into the program. I would like to add some more styles, pictures, and graphics to gamify the website. I would like to add a round counter beside the tiles to inform the user of how many rounds he has successfully completed. If I had enough time, I would like to implement a two-person player version of this game that keeps track of how far each opponent has reached. I would also like to implement an absurdly large number of rounds. I would also like to make the game go on for about 1,000 or 10,000 rounds and have a scoreboard with the best player score of all time. These are a few features I would undoubtedly be interested in developing for this website to make it more interactive and personal.]
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