Create a 2048 Game from Scratch with Next.js & TypeScript

Learn to test a React application with Jest and React Testing Library, install and configure testing dependencies, and verify a board component renders 16 cells using jsdom.

Create a tile component for a 2048 clone in Next.js and React, style it with a style module CSS, and integrate it into the board with a tile container.

Explore how to implement a 2048 game in React using useState and useReducer, building a four-by-four board, tile models, a reducer-based actions flow, and tests.

Learn to manage the 2048 board with useReducer and useEffect, initialize two tiles using useRef to avoid duplication under React strict mode, and render tiles with a test-driven approach.

Implement vertical tile moves for a 2048 game in a Next.js and React app, wiring move up and move down actions with lodash and test-driven keyboard handling.

Learn to implement horizontal tile moves in a 2048 game with Next.js and React, using tests to add move left and move right actions and adjust coordinates.

Learn to implement tile stacking in a 2048 clone by updating the game reducer to merge same-valued tiles, guided by test-driven development of moves up, down, left, and right.

Implement tile merging in a 2048 game by updating the game reducer and tests to merge same-value tiles across moves, verify with debugging logs, and ensure green tests.

We implement a cleanup action to remove unused tiles from the board after a move up action, add unit tests, and dispatch cleanup to keep only visible tiles.

Animate the 2048 game with css transitions for left and top and a transform-based merge, using a custom hook to track previous props.

Learn to create tiles after every move using React context and useCallback, refactor the board logic into a context provider, and generate random tiles by inspecting empty cells.

Explore how React renders components with the virtual DOM and why unique tile IDs are needed to correctly update and animate the 2048 game board.

Learn to fix 2048 tile generation by adding a hash change flag that triggers new tiles only after tiles move or merge, using the useEffect hook in the game reducer.

Learn to implement scoring for a 2048 game by building a score component and integrating it with the game context and reducer; score rises when two tiles merge.

Learn how to implement a desktop layout for the 2048 game using react-responsive, adding a 512-pixel breakpoint, adjusting container widths, and wiring responsive behavior across CSS and components.

Understand the difference between debounce and throttle and apply throttle in a React game to prevent new moves until animations finish, using useCallback and the move direction type.

Master Next.js and React to implement game win logic for a 2048 clone, adding a splash screen, game status handling, and a reset/start game flow.

Explore how to detect a game loss in a 2048 clone built with Next.js and React by evaluating a 4x4 grid for no available moves and showing a lose screen.