Space Invaders with JavaScript and HTML Canvas

PLEASE READ: This is a freemium course—the first 2 1/2 hours are free (you can watch right here on Udemy [or YouTube] with each video’s “Preview” button), while the remaining 3 hours require course purchase. I’ve always been a big advocate of spreading the basics to as many people as possible, as I believe knowledge and personal growth are some of the best ways to better our world as a whole. Enjoy.

Welcome to the Code Space Invaders course, where you will learn how to create a custom variation of the classic game, Space Invaders. We’ll use JavaScript and HTML5 canvas fundamentals to progressively enhance your game development skills, and go all the way ’til you have a full-blown Space Invaders game live on the web.

My name is Christopher Lis, and I’m an award-winning Full-Stack Engineer with over ten years of web development experience. I’ve directly worked with clients like Harvard University, The Basketball Tournament, and premium award-winning agencies like Brave People.

The goal of this course is to give you the skillset required to code your own JavaScript games from scratch. Many game dev fundamentals are covered in this course, and much of what you’ll learn uses hand-written math functions rather than hidden away abstractions that game dev libraries typically provide.

In this course, you’ll learn everything from:

• Setup a development environment

• Create and move a player’s spaceship

• Import game images

• Generate grids of enemy invaders at set intervals

• Shoot projectiles

• Remove enemies with precise collision detectionk

• Create bombs that explode multiple invaders at once

• Obtain machine gun power-ups that alter your rate of fire

• Make enemies progressively harder

• Add particle animations that follow your spaceship

• Develop a game UI using HTML and CSS

• Start and end screens with a restart button

• Add custom sound effects and music

• Code consistent frame rates for all types of monitors

• Deploy to GitHub pages

And so much more.

If you’re serious about taking your game dev skills to the next level, then let me guide you through the full production of a 2D Space Invaders game that’s ready for production launch.

Who this course is for:

• Beginner game devs looking to bolster their skills and better understand game development in general