Pick a Pair Game

I had an idea to build a Pick a Pair Game to practice TypeScript with React. I finally decided to build it, but not manually, but using Cline. Cline is an AI coding agent that runs inside VS Code - it can read, write, and edit files, run terminal commands, and build features autonomously. It was the first time I used an AI agent, and it was amazing to watch how it built the game. All the code there I understand myself. I definitely had a good experience with Cline, and I like it.

Pick a Pair Game

Pick a Pair Game is a simple memory-matching card game. It is a classic game where you flip cards to find matching pairs. Your goal is to match all pairs in as few moves as possible.

How to Play

• Click any card to reveal its hidden value
• Click another card to try to find its match
• If the two cards match, they stay flipped, and you score a point
• If they don't match, both cards flip back over
• Win condition: Match all 8 pairs to complete the game
• Track your progress with move counter, match counter, and timer

Features

✨ Simple, intuitive gameplay
⏱️ Real-time move and match tracking
⏰ Game timer
🔄 Reset button to start a new game

Technology Stack

• React - UI library
• CSS Modules - Scoped styling

Here is the link to the game, enjoy!

Conclusion

It is really helpful to use AI agents to build stuff, but I think that it is really important to understand all the code it generates, so that your own understanding improves. And I think it was always important to read code. It just seems that now there is a lot more code to read than before. Code quality depends on both the AI model and the tool's execution capability - Cline excels because it can actually run code, see errors, and iterate.

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