Scratch games coding for kids – Action game essentials
Transform your child’s enthusiasm for playing games into creating and coding their own action games. This course is designed for parents of 8-12 year olds, teaching essential coding processes and techniques. Build confidence with Scratch, improve creative and computational thinking abilities, and give your child a head start in computer studies. Perfect for beginners and intermediate coders looking to extend their skills. Start creating your own games today!
What you’ll learn
- Coding a template game file with backdrops and a “How to play” screen
- Coding a player controlled sprite
- Throwing and firing
- Health and lives – losing HP (health points)
- Enemies (attacking)
- Automating throwing and firing
- Reaction animations (for when sprites are hit)
- Health, lives and rewards – gaining HP (health points)
- Timers – countdowns and triggered timed events
- Sound FX (effects) and music
Help your child learn essential knowledge and skills for coding action games, then use what they have learnt to create their own games.
This course is designed for parents of 8-12 year olds who want to re-direct their child’s natural enthusiasm for playing games, into creating and coding games.
Students will learn essential coding processes and techniques for creating a complete action game including player controlled characters, attacking enemies, throwing and firing, reaction animations, health rewards and hp.
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 action game coding skills, and improve their creative, math and computational thinking abilities.
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
- Anyone who plays games and would like to create their own
- Beginners, and intermediate coders who want to extend their skills
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