Building a Five-in-a-Row Game in React
The project, Five in a Row, is a real-time strategy game where players aim to align five chesses in a row. Using Amazon Q3 made it super easy to complete my first project!
Published Dec 20, 2024
Before introduction, you can try to play Game!
Introduction
If you’ve ever played games like Tic-Tac-Toe or Connect Four, you’re probably familiar with the concept of connecting consecutive pieces to win. In this blog post, we’re going to build a Five-in-a-Row game using React. The objective is simple: connect five chesses in a row, either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, and you win!
I’m not very familiar with React myself — this is actually my first React project. But the journey of building this game was much easier thanks to the help of Amazon Q3. In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through the steps of building the game, focusing on the core features and logic, and I’ll share how Amazon Q3 helped me with the coding process.
Step 1: Setting Up the Project
To start, create a new React project using the Create React App tool. This gives you a good structure for a React application out of the box. You can do this by running:
npx create-react-app five-in-a-rowcd five-in-a-rowStep 2: Programming the Game
I asked Amazon Q3 to generate the main code for me. Using /dev in chat, it can make a change in my project.
Then, I wanted to add a page where players could choose which chess piece would go first. When I wrote the code, it automatically displayed, and I could simply use the Tab key to complete the code.
I wanted a popup effect of displaying the winner’s name.
Since I was already using Amazon Q3 to help me with coding, I decided to take it a step further and deploy my game using Amazon S3.
- Build the React App: First, run
npm run buildto create the production-ready files. - Upload to S3: Create an S3 bucket, configure it for static website hosting, and upload the contents of the build folder.
- Make it Public: Set permissions so the site is publicly accessible, and you’ll have a live version of the game!
In this tutorial, we’ve built a Five-in-a-Row game from scratch using React. This is a great starting point for building more advanced games, and you can customize it further by adding features like AI, multiplayer support, and more. Happy coding!