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Learn Creating the Home Screen | Building Your First Game Flip Cards
Game Development with Cursor

Creating the Home Screen

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A memory game starts with a welcoming home screen. It will be cheerful and playful, with big cards for different topics that players can choose from before starting.

This game is a classic memory challenge: flip two cards, try to find a match, and keep going until all pairs are discovered. To make it more fun, players can choose a topic before they begin.

For the first version, you'll add three: Animals, Fruits, and Space. Each topic will appear as a large, colorful card with an emoji and a label. Clicking one will take the player into the game for that theme.

Let's set everything up step by step:

Create your project folder
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You can place it anywhere (Desktop, Documents, etc.). For example, call it "flip-card-memory-game".

Open the folder in Cursor
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Go to FileOpen Folder and select the one you just made.

Open a chat in Cursor
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This is where you'll write our first prompt.

Type the prepared prompt (or your own version)
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Cursor will generate the code for the home screen.

Once Cursor finishes, click Go Live to instantly preview the page in your browser.

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If you'd like to tweak the design (change colors, try a new font, or adjust the layout), ask Cursor in plain English, and it will update the code for you.

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Prompt in Cursor

We are building a fun Flip Card Memory Game. Start with a playful home screen that has a big, friendly title at the top saying "Flip Card Memory Game" and a short subtitle underneath saying "Choose your topic to start playing." Below that, show three large colorful cards with emojis and labels for Animals, Fruits, and Space. When a person clicks one of these cards, they should be taken to the game for that topic. The whole page should feel bright, rounded, kid-friendly, and cheerful with a fun, bold font and smooth hover or tap effects. Make sure it looks good on both phones and laptops.

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According to the prepared prompt, what should be displayed on the home screen of your Flip Card Memory Game?

Select the correct answer

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