
Preparing for the course: Overview of the course aims and objectives and content. Download and install Scratch
App/Desktop 3. Download the template games.
Game coding tutorial. Repel attacking enemies with an automatic wepon.
Learn how to code glitch-free collisions to allow smooth movement of a player sprite through a map/backdrop.
Code enemies that chase you realistically across multiple backdrops.
Code advanced arcade game scrolling terrains.
Create a responsive and professional health bar display.
Code driving, aim assist, firing and damage animations and sound effects for a player controlled tank.
Code automatic movement, firing, damage animations and sound effects for an enemy tank.
Code an AI turret that chooses the closest enemy to fire at.
Create star field horizon and star wars hyper-jump effects.
Game coding tutorial. Code a single sprite arcade game.
Help your child to learn a range of expert Scratch coding techniques and skills which they can use to create their own games. As your child learns, their confidence, enthusiasm and passion for coding will increase.
Once your child has mastered these techniques a new world of game making possibilities will be available to them.
This course is designed for parents who want to help their child to augment their coding skills with concepts that will enable them to move into scripting with languages such as Python and Swift.
Your child will learn how to code .. first person games concepts, smooth sprite collisions for corridor arcade type games, tracking offstage sprites that reappear on stage correctly, scrolling backdrops with scroll-x, professional health-bars, hit and collectible animations, sprites that use AI to choose targets, and clone associations to allow, for example, clone soldiers to fire an asscoaited clone bullet. Techniques learnt are transferable to a wide range of coding scenarios.
Coding is a primary skill for the modern workplace and this course provides the perfect platform for learning in-depth concepts for computer studies at A-level, further and higher education.
Our instructor is a qualified and experienced teacher who speaks clearly and precisely, leading the learner through the entire coding process. Each step is explained and demonstrated.
Your child will build confidence with Scratch, acquire expert games coding skills, and improve their conceptual, creative, math and problem analysis skills.