For this project, you have a choice of a few different games / apps:

• Blackjack
• Concentration (aka Memory)
• Trivia (Self-scoring)
• Flash Cards

Everyone will get a chance to be creative, and work through some really tough programming challenges – since you've already gotten your feet wet with Tic Tac Toe, it's up to you to come up with a fun and interesting project to build.

You will be working individually for this project, but we'll be guiding you along the process and helping as you go. Show us what you've got!

Your app must:

• Render in the browser
• Include separate HTML / CSS / JavaScript files
• Stick with KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principles
• Use Javascript or jQuery for DOM manipulation
• Deploy online, using Github Project pages.
• Use semantic markup for HTML and CSS (adhere to best practices)

• A hosted copy of your game or app, built by you, hosted on Github pages.
  • Your HTML/CSS should pass the HTML5 Validator and CSS Validators
• A git repository hosted on Github with frequent commits dating back to the very beginning of the project
  • A link to your hosted project in the URL section of your Github repo
  • A readme.md file with explanations of the technologies used, the approach taken, installation instructions, unsolved problems, etc.

• Break the project down into different components (data, presentation, views, style, DOM manipulation) and brainstorm each component individually. Use whiteboards!
• Use your Development Tools (console.log, inspector, alert statements, etc) to debug and solve problems
• Work through the lessons in class & ask questions when you need to! Think about adding relevant code to your game each night, instead of, you know... procrastinating.
• Commit early, commit often. Don’t be afraid to break something because you can always go back in time to a previous version.
• Consult documentation resources (MDN, jQuery, etc.) at home to better understand what you’ll be getting into.
• Don’t be afraid to write code that you know you will have to remove later. Create temporary elements (buttons, links, etc) that trigger events if real data is not available. For example, if you’re trying to figure out how to change some text when the game is over but you haven’t solved the win/lose game logic, you can create a button to simulate that until then.

Make a one-player game where the computer deals and the user plays according to the rules of blackjack.

Bonus:

• Add multi-player support
• Add Computer AI

Sometimes just called "Memory", it's a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. If you get all the matching cards, you've won!

Bonus:

• Let the user choose from different 'decks'
• Add timers / scoring based on timers
• Think of some fun way to modify the rules of

Pre-load your app with some questions and answers.

Test the user's wits & knowledge with whatever-the-heck you know about (so you can actually win). Guess answers, have the computer tell you how right you are!

Bonus:

• Add time-based scoring
• Track scores across games (even if the page is reloaded)
• Allow users to compete against each other on a high-score board.

Pre-load your app with some data, and let the user flip through them quickly (back or front), and use the keyboard flip the card, and to mark whether they got it right or not. Track which cards were incorrect, and re-display them until the user gets them right!

Bonus:

• Track scores over time (even if the page is reloaded)
• Include images on one or both sides of the flash card
• Let the user add flash cards (don't need to be saved across refreshes)

• MDN Javascript Docs (a great reference for all things Vanilla Javascript)
• jQuery Docs (if you're using jQuery)
• Github Pages (for hosting your game)

• Project Workflow: Did you complete the user stories, wireframes, task tracking, and/or ERDs, as specified above? Did you use source control as expected for the phase of the program you’re in (detailed above)?

• Technical Requirements: Did you deliver a project that met all the technical requirements? Given what the class has covered so far, did you build something that was reasonably complex?

• Creativity: Did you added a personal spin or creative element into your project submission? Did you deliver something of value to the end user (not just a login button and an index page)?

• Code Quality: Did you follow code style guidance and best practices covered in class, such as spacing, modularity, and semantic naming? Did you comment your code as your instructors have in class?

• Problem Solving: Are you able to defend why you implemented your solution in a certain way? Can you demonstrate that you thought through alternative implementations? (Note that this part of your feedback evaluation will take place during your one-on-one code review with your instructors, after you've completed the project.)

• Total: Your instructors will give you a total score on your project between:

This will serve as a helpful overall gauge of whether you met the project goals, but the more important scores are the individual ones above, which can help you identify where to focus your efforts for the next project!