Coding with Scratch - Create Awesome Platform Games
The QuestKids do Coding
Published on 7. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-84078-954-6 (ISBN)
Description
Coding with Scratch - Create Awesome Platform Games shows kids how to create amazing platform games with Scratch. They will learn how to:
Use code to make a series of games where sprites leap from platform to platform.
Design different levels, draw graphics, and make simple animations.
Use variables to keep the score and to simulate gravity in games.
Make code blocks and functions.
Add sound to bring games to life.
Starting with an introduction about how Scratch works, this book is suitable for beginners but with lots of tips, challenges, and extensions for experienced Scratch coders.
To create the games in this book, children will need a desktop computer or a laptop. The games require a proper keyboard so will not work well on a tablet or iPad. It is recommended that children should be supervised when using the internet, especially when using a new website.
This is the UK English edition.
Use code to make a series of games where sprites leap from platform to platform.
Design different levels, draw graphics, and make simple animations.
Use variables to keep the score and to simulate gravity in games.
Make code blocks and functions.
Add sound to bring games to life.
Starting with an introduction about how Scratch works, this book is suitable for beginners but with lots of tips, challenges, and extensions for experienced Scratch coders.
To create the games in this book, children will need a desktop computer or a laptop. The games require a proper keyboard so will not work well on a tablet or iPad. It is recommended that children should be supervised when using the internet, especially when using a new website.
This is the UK English edition.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Southam
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 12 years
Illustrations
Full colour
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 297 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84078-954-6 (9781840789546)
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Max Wainewright
Coding with Scratch - Create Awesome Platform Games
E-Book
10/2021
In Easy Steps
€15.49
Available for download
Person
Max Wainewright is an experienced computing teacher and has taught in the UK and in Singapore. Max has worked with national government agencies and local councils to support and inspect technology in schools. He teaches coding part-time in a London primary school, and runs an innovation group supporting other local schools. Max has a Computer Science degree and has significant experience of working in the EdTech industry. He co-founded one of the most successful small UK EdTech companies, and developed award-winning software that has been used by over 90% of UK primary schools. He has provided his expertise as an Educational Software consultant for major companies including Discovery and LEGO. Max has written dozens of books teaching kids to code. Many of these are top-sellers, reaching 100,000s of kids, and have been translated into over 20 languages.
Content
Coding with Scratch
Banana Bonanza
Jumposaurus
Space Dog
Polar Penguin
Monkey City
Haunted House
Scrolling Platform
Function Freddy
Game Challenges:
Reusing your own blocks
Pyramid Platform
Crazy Castle
Robot Runner
Game Mods
Glossary
Banana Bonanza
Jumposaurus
Space Dog
Polar Penguin
Monkey City
Haunted House
Scrolling Platform
Function Freddy
Game Challenges:
Reusing your own blocks
Pyramid Platform
Crazy Castle
Robot Runner
Game Mods
Glossary