Scratch games coding for kids - Getting started

Name: Scratch games coding for kids - Getting started
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Transforming children from players of games into creators

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Created byMatt Ottewill

Last updated 5/2022

English

What you'll learn

Creative games making with Scratch
Getting around the Scratch interface
Creating player controls
Making sprites move by themselves
Creating collisions
Painting your own sprites
How to make a ping pong game

Course content

2 sections • 12 lectures • 2h 5m total length

About The Pixel Gang and our educational aims and objectives4:01
Find out about the educational ideas behind our courses.
Helping your child get started with the course2:58
What is Scratch? Who created Scratch? Downloading and installing Scratch. Helping your child get started with our lessons.

Your first Scratch lesson14:32
Introduction to the stage, actors, costumes, props and scripts.
You're the director! So what do you need for a play? Stage, Actors, Props. Choose new sprite from file. Name a sprite. Your first script. Delete a script. Scripts that flash, and forever scripts . Control the cat with go-to, set-size, forever and follow the mouse-pointer scripts. Next costume scripts. Only face left-right. Sensing scripts. Save a game.
A good way to begin a game7:20
Create a way to begin a game with the green flag or a keyboard shortcut.
File>new. Broadcast script. Duplicate script. Receive broadcast script. Go to script. Point in direction script. Set size script. Create a template game file.
Control a sprite's movement12:14
Give a player control over a sprite.
Sprite follows the mouse-pointer. Distance-to scripts. Costume center point. Arrow key scripts. Duplicate a script.
Make a sprite move by itself7:46
Make a sprite move automatically.
Open a game. Set size scripts. Script block order. Save a copy of a game with a new name. Point towards and chase a sprite. Duplicate a sprite.
Collisions8:04
Make something happen when sprites touch.
Sensing and touching scripts. Turn scripts. Repeat scripts. Glide scripts. Wait scripts. Full screen mode.
Broadcasting between sprites7:52
Send a message from one sprite to another.
If on edge bounce script. Broadcast to a sprite. Import a new sprite. Receive broadcast from sprite. Paint a background .Next background script block.
The paint window22:58
Create your own sprite.
Delete a sprite. Paint a dice. Transparency. Rectangle tool. Paint brush tool . Repeat script block. Turn script block. Random operator script block. Edit stage. Undo button. Eraser tool. Clear button. Paint bucket tool. Line tool. Rectangle tool.
More about the stage9:44
Use position to make things happen.
Co-ordinate display. Stage X co-ordinate. X axis. Stage width. Go to X Y script block. If else script block and the more-than operator. Color effect script block. Stage Y co-ordinate. Y axis. Stage height.
Show and hide10:20
Create a game instructions screen.
Delete scripts. New broadcast. Paint new sprite. Text tool. Show script block. Hide script block. Choose new sprite from file. Pick random operator. Random location. Duplicate a sprite.
Make your first finished game - Ping pong17:49
Create a ping pong game.
Paint a background. Create the stage scripts. Paint the instructions sprite. Show the instructions. Hide the instructions. Create the first bat. Create the second bat. Paint a ball. Script the ball. Make the ball bounce. Sample a color.

Requirements

Be able to use a computer mouse and keyboard

Description

This course is designed for parents who want to re-direct their child's natural enthusiasm for playing games into creating games and coding. It has has been created specifically with young learners in mind and is suitable for 7-12 year olds.

Every lesson has been carefully scripted to be clear and unambiguous. Our instructor is a qualified and experienced teacher who speaks clearly and precisely, leading the learner through every detail of the activity. Each step is explained and demonstrated.

As the lessons progress, your child will build familiarity with Scratch, follow game making exercises, build a complete game and acquire the skills and knowledge required to build their own games. In so doing they will begin to understand the fundamental transferable concepts of coding, and improve their creative, math and computational thinking skills.

Technology advances at a formidable rate and we know how important it is for our children to not only keep abreast of new developments, but to also have a firm grasp of underlying computing concepts.

Our activities not only teach essential underlying technical knowledge and skills such as computing concepts, coding, file types, and the different types of media, but also utilise creative games, image and music making exercises and projects that inspire and motivate children.

Creativity is about questioning, problem solving, self expression and working with others, and these attributes are valued by employers, lead to personal self-fulfilment and build confidence in young learners. And it can be a lot of fun too.

Who this course is for:

Parents who want to transform their children from players of games into creators
Parents who want to give their children a head start in computer studies at school, further and higher eduction, and in the workplace
Young learners and beginners
Children who play games and would like to learn how to create their own

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