Coding with Scratch – Create Awesome Platform Games (US English edition)

Coding with Scratch – Create Awesome Platform Games (US English edition)
Author: Max Wainewright
Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2024-07-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1787910245

Coding with Scratch – Create Awesome Platform Games (US English edition) 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 U.S. English edition. Table of Contents: 1. Coding with Scratch 2. Banana Bonanza 3. Jumposaurus 4. Space Dog 5. Polar Penguin 6. Monkey City 7. Haunted House 8. Scrolling Platform 9. Function Freddy Game Challenges: 1. Reusing your own blocks 2. Pyramid Platform 3. Crazy Castle 4. Robot Runner 5. Game Mods Glossary

Coding with Scratch - Create Awesome Platform Games

Coding with Scratch - Create Awesome Platform Games
Author: Max Wainewright
Publisher: In Easy Steps
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2021-10-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1840789603

This is the second title in The QuestKids® children’s series, designed to make learning fun for children. 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. Table of Contents: 1. Coding with Scratch 2. Banana Bonanza 3. Jumposaurus 4. Space Dog 5. Polar Penguin 6. Monkey City 7. Haunted House 8. Scrolling Platform 9. Function Freddy Game Challenges: 1. Reusing your own blocks 2. Pyramid Platform 3. Crazy Castle 4. Robot Runner 5. Game Mods Glossary

Scratch 3 Programming Playground

Scratch 3 Programming Playground
Author: Al Sweigart
Publisher: No Starch Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 171850022X

A project-filled introduction to coding that shows kids how to build programs by making cool games. Scratch, the colorful drag-and-drop programming language, is used by millions of first-time learners worldwide. Scratch 3 features an updated interface, new programming blocks, and the ability to run on tablets and smartphones, so you can learn how to code on the go. In Scratch 3 Programming Playground, you'll learn to code by making cool games. Get ready to destroy asteroids, shoot hoops, and slice and dice fruit! Each game includes easy-to-follow instructions with full-color images, review questions, and creative coding challenges to make the game your own. Want to add more levels or a cheat code? No problem, just write some code. You'll learn to make games like: Maze Runner: escape the maze! Snaaaaaake: gobble apples and avoid your own tail Asteroid Breaker: smash space rocks Fruit Slicer: a Fruit Ninja clone Brick Breaker: a remake of Breakout, the brick-breaking classic Platformer: a game inspired by Super Mario Bros Learning how to program shouldn't be dry and dreary. With Scratch 3 Programming Playground, you'll make a game of it! Covers: Scratch 3

Coding Games in Scratch

Coding Games in Scratch
Author: Jon Woodcock
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1465495029

Scratch 3.0 has landed! Stay ahead of the curve with this fully updated guide for beginner coders. Coding is not only a highly sought-after skill in our digital world, but it also teaches kids valuable skills for life after school. This book teaches important strategies for solving problems, designing projects, and communicating ideas, all while creating games to play with their friends. Children will enjoy the step-by-step visual approach that makes even the most difficult coding concepts easy to master. They will discover the fundamentals of computer programming and learn to code through a blend of coding theory and the practical task of building computer games themselves. The reason coding theory is taught through practical tasks is so that young programmers don't just learn how computer code works - they learn why it's done that way. With Coding Games in Scratch, kids can build single and multiplayer platform games, create puzzles and memory games, race through mazes, add animation, and more. It also supports STEM education initiatives and the maker movement. Follow Simple Steps – Improve Your Skills – Share Your Games! If you like playing computer games, why not create your own? Essential coding concepts are explained using eight build-along game projects. Coding Games In Scratch guides young coders step-by-step, using visual samples, easy-to-follow instructions, and fun pixel art. This coding book for kids has everything you need to build amazing Scratch 3.0 games, including thrilling racing challenges, zany platform games, and fiendish puzzles. Follow the simple steps to become an expert coder using the latest version of the popular programming language Scratch 3.0 in this new edition. Improve your coding skills and create your own games before remixing and customizing them. Share your games online and challenge friends and family to beat each other's scores! In this book, you will: - Learn about setting the scene, what makes a good game and playability - Discover objects, rules, and goals - Explore hacks and tweaks, camera angles, fine-tuning and controls - And much more Computer coding teaches kids how to think creatively, work collaboratively, and reason systematically, and is quickly becoming a necessary and sought-after skill. DK's computer coding books for kids are full of fun exercises with step-by-step guidance, making them the perfect introductory tools for building vital skills in computer programming. Add Coding Projects in Scratch and Coding Projects in Python to your collection.

Coding with Scratch – Create Fantastic Driving Games

Coding with Scratch – Create Fantastic Driving Games
Author: Max Wainewright
Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1840789646

A new title in The QuestKids children’s series that is designed to make learning fun for children. Coding with Scratch – Create Fantastic Driving Games will take you from Scratch basics through to creating your own fantastic driving games in easy steps. Each game comes with challenges to take you to the next level of coding. Even includes mods to make your games more exciting. Have fun and amaze your friends and family! · You’ll learn how to: · Use code to make a series of driving games including parking, racing, scrolling and two-player games. · Design your own game levels, cars and tracks. · Use variables to keep the score and to store the speed in your games. · Add sounds and create your own code blocks and functions. 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. Table of Contents: 1. Coding with Scratch 2. Track Driver 3. Two-player Racer 4. Street Racer 5. Snowmobile Slalom 6. Big Track Racer 7. Desert Drifter 8. Formula Racer 9. Motorcross Rider 10. Parking Star 11. 3D Driver 12. Game Challenges: Monster Truck 13. Game Challenges: 3D Motorbike Racer 14. Game Mods 15. Glossary

25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids

25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids
Author: Max Wainewright
Publisher: No Starch Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1593279914

Build your own computer games with Scratch 3! Learn how to make fun games with Scratch--a free, beginner-friendly programming language from the MIT Media Lab. Create mazes, road-crossing games, and two-player games that keep score. Colorful pictures and easy-to-follow instructions show you how to add cool animations and sound effects to your games. You'll have hours of fun catching snowflakes, gobbling up tacos, and dodging donuts in space--while learning how to code along the way! Covers Scratch 3

Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps

Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps
Author: Sean McManus
Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2016-08-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1840787473

Millions of children and young people worldwide are using Scratch to make their own games and animations. Following on from the success of Scratch Programming in easy steps, Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps gives you great ideas to create computer games and other projects that’ll impress your friends and family – and you’ll have endless fun creating and playing them! The book provides step-by-step instructions for building projects that show off some of the cool things you can do with Scratch. It starts with two simple projects to get you started. Find out how to: • Make a game with animated cartoon characters • Build a drum machine and make random music • Use anaglyph glasses for 3D effects and 3D Art • Design amazing mazes in a 3D environment • Create your own stop motion films • Use the ScratchJr app to create games and interactive stories anywhere using your iPad or Android tablet Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps has projects for Scratch 2.0 on a PC/Mac and Scratch 1.4 on the Raspberry Pi, and includes a Raspberry Pi Camera Module project. Each project includes suggestions for customizing it, so you can make it your own! Table of Contents: Magic Mirror Gribbet! Drum Machine 12 Angry Aliens 3D Artist Space Mine 3D Maze Maker and Circuit Breaker 3D Maze Explorer 3D Maze Explorer: Finishing touches Sprites, Cameras, Action! Super Wheelie in ScratchJr Five shorties

Coding Projects in Scratch

Coding Projects in Scratch
Author: Jon Woodcock
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2016-07-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1465456678

Coding Projects in Scratch uses fun projects to show children how to code with Scratch, teaching essential coding and programming skills to young learners. Built on the basics of coding, each project follows simple, logical steps that are fully illustrated. Kids learn a new, important language through simply explained projects, with key coding concepts broken out in separate panels and illustrated with Minecraft-style pixel art. Learn how to create animations, build games, use sound effects, and more before sharing projects with friends online. Coding Projects in Scratch is highly visual and unique step-by-step workbook will help beginners with no coding skills learn how to build their own projects without any instructions, and helps them develop key programming skills that will last a lifetime.

Learn to Program with Scratch

Learn to Program with Scratch
Author: Majed Marji
Publisher: No Starch Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2014-02-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1593275781

Scratch is a fun, free, beginner-friendly programming environment where you connect blocks of code to build programs. While most famously used to introduce kids to programming, Scratch can make computer science approachable for people of any age. Rather than type countless lines of code in a cryptic programming language, why not use colorful command blocks and cartoon sprites to create powerful scripts? In Learn to Program with Scratch, author Majed Marji uses Scratch to explain the concepts essential to solving real-world programming problems. The labeled, color-coded blocks plainly show each logical step in a given script, and with a single click, you can even test any part of your script to check your logic. You'll learn how to: –Harness the power of repeat loops and recursion –Use if/else statements and logical operators to make decisions –Store data in variables and lists to use later in your program –Read, store, and manipulate user input –Implement key computer science algorithms like a linear search and bubble sort Hands-on projects will challenge you to create an Ohm's law simulator, draw intricate patterns, program sprites to mimic line-following robots, create arcade-style games, and more! Each chapter is packed with detailed explanations, annotated illustrations, guided examples, lots of color, and plenty of exercises to help the lessons stick. Learn to Program with Scratch is the perfect place to start your computer science journey, painlessly. Uses Scratch 2

Coding with Scratch - Make 3D Games & Graphics

Coding with Scratch - Make 3D Games & Graphics
Author: Max Wainewright
Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2024-10-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1787910288

Take your coding into the next dimension! Coding with Scratch – Make 3D Games & Graphics starts by showing you how to make 3D graphics and then, step-by-step, it takes you through to making 3D games. Try the challenges and mods and make your games unique. Your adventure in game design begins here! · Learn simple Scratch 3D techniques: · How to build simple 3D models one layer at a time. · Drawing shapes, cloning, animation, and adding perspective. · How to make 3D landscapes including a park, a racetrack, a maze, and a city. · How to speed up your code by creating your own render blocks and functions that work extra quickly. For children who have had some experience using Scratch. Table of Contents 1. Coding with Scratch 2. Rotating Shapes 3. Animated Dinosaur 4. 3D Chicken 5. Animated Dog 6. Cubic Tower 7. 3D Park 8. Skyscraper 9. 3D Car 10. 3D Levels Maze 11. City Driver 12. 3D Platformer 13. Dark Maze 14. Glossary