# Simple game ideas for learning purposes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-game-ideas-for-learning-purposes/651547>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 27, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-game-ideas-for-learning-purposes/651547 "2013-02-27T19:51:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-game-ideas-for-learning-purposes/651547/1 "2013-02-27T19:51:18Z")

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I just finished building a little HTML5 2D engine using Google’s Dart language (might port it to pure js at some point but I hate js, so maybe not). I’m trying to teach myself game development, but I’m more of a coder than a game designer.

Anyone have any ideas on simple little games I can try and code to cut my teeth on, as it were?

Keep in mind that my artistic talent barely goes above the following artistic masterpieces:  
🙂 😉😛 \<3  
So I’m looking for stuff I can implement in an abstract way, or with artwork I can easily find through a google image search (this will be for my own edification, not to actually distribute).

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-game-ideas-for-learning-purposes/651547/2 "2013-02-28T06:16:31Z")

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Dominos, card games? The algorythms for “how the game works” are predefined and they’re 2D games.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-game-ideas-for-learning-purposes/651547/3 "2013-02-28T09:08:33Z")

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Blackjack and tic tac toe.