How to Build Tetris in React - GameDev Tutorial (with React Hooks!)

Overview

Develop a fully functional Tetris game using React Hooks in this comprehensive tutorial for beginners. Master the implementation of hooks like useState, useEffect, useCallback, and custom hooks while building the classic game from scratch. Explore Styled Components for styling, and dive into essential game development concepts such as collision detection, player rotation, and row clearing. Follow along with the step-by-step guide covering everything from project setup with create-react-app to advanced topics like useInterval for game drops and React.memo for optimization. By the end of this 2-3 hour course, you'll have gained practical experience in React game development and created your own version of the iconic Tetris game.

Syllabus

) Introduction.
) create-react-app and tooling.
) Scaffolding Components.
) Stage and Tetrominos.
) Styling with Styled Components.
) usePlayer and useStage.
) Stage update and player movement.
) Collision Detection.
) Player RotationG.
) Clear Rows.
) drop with useInterval.
) useGameStatus and React.memo.