5 Quick Game Ideas you can build with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

I really enjoy building simple games. They’re a great test of implementing relatively complex logic in one sitting. I want to share a few that I’ve built over the years with you in hopes that they may be inspiration for the AWS Game Builder Challenge which is a hackathon happening for the month of November on Devpost. You can build a game as simple or complex as you want -- from quick ones like these to something way more difficult!

The challenge asks you to use AWS services when you build your game, I would use AWS Amplify Hosting to ship these static sites.

Build a trivia game! Store the correct answer to each question as well as incorrect ones for the user to guess between. Store the data either in a JSON or a database.

Flood
Flood is a surprisingly catchy game - the goal is to change the board to one color starting at the top left corner and traversing outward. I had a lot of fun building (and playing) this one.

In this game, there’s a generated sequence that the user must mimic. If they do so correctly, they get another sequence that’s one longer than the previous.

The classic! Players place X’s and O’s on a grid aiming to get three in a row.

In this game, you will move disks from peg to peg, trying to move the stack to the final peg in the same pyramid shape.

These five games offer a range of complexity and can be excellent starting points for the AWS Game Builder Challenge. They demonstrate various programming concepts and can be expanded upon to create more intricate or exciting games. I can’t wait to see what you build!