Developing Snake Game with React Hooks

Introduction

In this challenge we will develop the snake game using react hooks like useState, useEffect, useRef along with the basic JS concepts.

Skills Graph

Snake Game

To get started, open the editor. You can see the following files from your editor.

├── public
├── src
│   ├── components
│   │   ├── Food.js
│   │   └── Snake.js
│   ├── App.css
│   ├── App.js
│   ├── index.css
│   └── index.js
├── package-lock.json
└── package.json

Requirements

• To install the project dependencies, use the following command:

  npm i

• Please complete this challenge in the src/App.js file.

• The randomFoodPosition function is defined to generate a random position for the food item on the game board.

• Inside the App function, there are several state variables defined using the useState hook:

  • snake represents the current state of the snake.
  • lastDirection represents the last direction the snake moved in.
  • foodPosition represents the current position of the food item.
  • isStarted determines if the game has started.
  • gameOver indicates if the game is over.
  • playgroundRef is a reference to the game board element.

Example

Once you have completed the code, run it with the following command:

npm start

The finished result is as follows:

Summary

Congratulations! You have completed the Snake Game. You can practice more challenge in LabEx to improve your skills.