JavaScript Game Development: Build a Pirate Flag Game

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JavaScript Game Development: Build a Pirate Flag Game

Instructor: TSV Learning

3 modules

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6 hours to complete

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Build and style an interactive browser game interface using HTML and CSS, including images, visibility settings, and clickable controls.
Implement JavaScript randomization, click events, and DOM manipulation to manage pirate flag selection and display dynamic game feedback.
Apply game-state validation to prevent duplicate clicks, manage win/lose outcomes, and display country flags using JavaScript arrays.

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There are 3 modules in this course

Build an interactive browser game with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS while putting essential front-end development skills into practice.

In this project-based course, you'll create Beware of the Jolly Roger, a flag-finding game where players must reveal ten country flags without uncovering the pirate flag. Start by building the HTML game interface and styling titles, images, visibility, and clickable controls with CSS. Next, connect an external JavaScript file, generate a random pirate position, and use the browser console to diagnose script errors. Implement click event handlers, identify selected images, compare each selection with the pirate position, and update feedback dynamically using DOM manipulation. Complete the game by displaying win and lose messages, preventing duplicate clicks, and disabling further interaction when play ends. You'll also use JavaScript arrays and indexes to display successive country flags after valid clicks. Designed for learners with basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript knowledge, this course takes you from interface setup to a playable game. Rather than studying concepts in isolation, you'll apply randomization, event handling, and game-state validation in one complete browser project.

Set up the pirate-themed flag-finding game, explore its rules, build the HTML interface, and style visible and hidden images and interactive controls with CSS.

What's included

6 videos3 assignments

6 videosTotal 31 minutes

Introduction to Beware of the Jolly Roger3 minutes
Exploring Gameplay and HTML Structure6 minutes
Understanding Image Visibility Properties6 minutes
Styling the Game Interface6 minutes
Styling Interactive Image Buttons7 minutes
Generating Random Pirate Positions4 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Game Foundations and Interface30 minutes
Game Introduction and HTML Setup10 minutes
CSS Styling and Interactive Elements10 minutes

Generate a random pirate position, connect and debug external JavaScript, handle image clicks, compare selections, and update the game's messages and styling.

What's included

6 videos3 assignments

6 videosTotal 32 minutes

Displaying Random Values Using JavaScript7 minutes
Adding Javascript5 minutes
Debugging JavaScript Console Errors6 minutes
Handling Image Click Events4 minutes
Detecting Pirate Flag Selection5 minutes
Updating Game Messages and Styles6 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

JavaScript Game Logic30 minutes
Randomization and JavaScript Setup10 minutes
Click Events and Game Feedback10 minutes

Implement victory and defeat feedback, deactivate the game at completion, prevent duplicate clicks, and use arrays and indexing to show changing country flags.

What's included

7 videos3 assignments

7 videosTotal 39 minutes

Displaying Game Victory Messages6 minutes
Deactivating Buttons After Game Completion5 minutes
Win or Lose6 minutes
Flag is Displayed3 minutes
Introduction to JavaScript Arrays7 minutes
Using Arrays with Loops5 minutes
Different Flag Opening at Every Click8 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Game Outcomes and Dynamic Flags30 minutes
Victory, Completion, and Flag Display10 minutes
Arrays and Dynamic Flag Selection10 minutes

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