This series of posts will guide you through building a simple game using Deno. Each post corresponds to a stage in the development process, gradually introducing new features and concepts.

Deno's official blog provides updates, tutorials, and use cases for Deno, a secure JavaScript/TypeScript runtime. Developers can explore Deno's features, security model, and ecosystem integrations, gaining insights into modern JavaScript development practices. With contributions from Deno core contributors and community members, the blog offers resources for developers adopting Deno for their projects.

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This tutorial walks through setting up a basic Deno project to serve static files for a browser-based dinosaur runner game. It covers project initialization with deno init, configuring the Oak framework for serving HTML/CSS/JS files, setting up environment variables, creating API routes with a health check endpoint, and deploying the application to Deno Deploy. The tutorial establishes the foundational server infrastructure needed before implementing game logic in subsequent parts.

Build a dinosaur runner game with Deno, pt. 1

Adding routes ( src/routes/api.routes.ts )