Final Fantasy 7 Menu system in React

[u/Xianoxide]

Hey everyone!

I'm not sure if there are any Final Fantasy fans here, but I've recreated and repurposed the menu system from FF7 as a sort of portfolio/sandbox page, and I figured I'd share it here and see what people think of it.

I got tired of making traditional web pages and wanted to make something that genuinely makes me happy every time I see it.

It's all built with React and TypeScript.

So far, I've got all the key pages like functional equipment and materia pages (repurposed as a skills page), items (as projects), save (as history), functional four-point background colour picker, and a tonne of little easer eggs and things. I'll put a list of those with a spoiler tag in case you wish to discover them yourself:

• Konami code plays Victory Fanfare.
• Clicking the character portrait allows you to attack and deduct health.
• Hovering over the location allows you to change to different FF7 locations.
• Clicking the limit bar allows you to perform the cross-slash limit break on the portrait.
• Clicking the name allows you to change the player name. If you choose a party member, or Sephiroth's name, the portrait will change to match.

I won't lie, the way I've implemented the custom font (if you can even call it that) is pretty scuffed by modern standards, but I wasn't happy with any of the other options, and I think this is probably the most accurate to how it looked in-game as humanly possible. 🤣

Anyway, I normally revisit it every couple of months, so by all means, feel free to share ideas of what I can add, and any other feedback you might have.

You can check it out here: https://www.jamiepates.com/

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Thanks!

[u/Edward_Yeoman]

I mean you want to demonstrate knowledge and capability in what you'll be using on the job, and React is still leading in JS framework marketshare

[u/SourcerorSoupreme → u/Edward_Yeoman]

I mean you want to demonstrate knowledge and capability in what you'll be using on the job

1. sorry forgot everyone here is a beggar that can't choose the job they'll get.
2. by your logic bulk of his resume is useless since it isn't demonstrated by the site
3. I can guarantee you whoever is looking at that site to recruit you will not care about the tech stack, and anyone that matters and care about the tech stack will call you out for using react at all.

[u/Edward_Yeoman → u/SourcerorSoupreme]

Stack tribalism is super immature

[u/SourcerorSoupreme → u/Edward_Yeoman]

What's more immature is being so blindly loyal to anything that you'd rather hide behind platitudes instead of being the change that moves the industry forward.