The original Simon game was launched in 1978. It was invented by Ralph Baer, and distrubuted my Milton Bradley. The game was an immediate success and became a pop culture symbol in the 70s and 80s.

I just started writing React and I hadn't done this Freecodecamp project yet, so making Simon in React seemed like the obvious choice. My game is simple enough.

• I use the Audio API through the pizzicato javascript library to generate 4 different tones
• I set the frequency, return, attack and type of sound wave
  • type of wave for all my tones is sine wave
  • frequencies are set to match original Simon game
    • Ralph Baer supposedly modeled the sounds after a bugle
    • The notes are G C E G. I used those frequencies
  • attack is how the sound fades in. audio api lets you set this with a time
  • return is how the sound fades out.
• I match the colors to the best of my ability
• I try to create a lit effect with a radial gradient
• I have textures included but was unable to implement at this point due to position and z-index issues
  • Buttons would have a plastic look. The code for this is commented out in case of future implementation
• I use one ES6 class to manage the state of entire game
• I use Founation CSS framework for power switch and instructions button
• User can play in strict or regular mode
• As user advances through rounds, the speed of computer sequence increases
• At this point my "AI" will only check a user enter sequence when they enter the full number of presses required to complete a round. A user can get the first press of round ten wrong but won't get feedback until they make ten presses.
• I look to improve upon this in the future