1. Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE)‏ CSC 170 Computing: Science and Creativity

2. Ideas you might find useful in any game or socially relevant project (or game) you choose Particular to Snap ! We’ve seen several patterns Sprites usually start with Recognizing key presses Collision Detection Animation Simply move an images around the stage With a collection of sprites, you can make bugs dance GAME PATTERNS 2

3. Is one sprite touching another? Done in AZPong Is a sprite touching a color? Different and potentially useful Can build mazes requiring arrow keys to move through them or car races, or walking on a path, … Code demo a simple maze game? COLLISION DETECTION 3

4. D was pen down in Kaleidoscope Move pong paddle with arrow keys Cold use to allow user input such as Select 1 for one player game or 2 for two player game RECOGNIZING KEY PRESSES 4

5. Drain the ball This code moves a sprite like it is going down a drain in the northern hemisphere ANIMATION 5

6. Put the pen down and Draw Create a Snakes game Trace planet orbits … TURTLE GRAPHICS 6

7. Click on Stage (below sprites gallery) Select the Costumes tabs Drag in any number of pictures Click any of them to set the background of the stage, or add a script to the Stage: Note: Stage has fewer blocks, can’t move e.g. CHANGING COSTUMES DANCING BUG DID THIS 7

8. YouTube tutorials for Scratch games Search “scratch game tutorial advanced”, or directly https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=scratch+game+tutorial+advanced Includes how to make a scrolling game and how to use broadcast for a turn based game (TPG) Need lots of Sprites, like many energy pills? Search for scratch clone RESOURCES TO EXPLORE 8

9. A reasonably challenging game Much more complex than AZPong Sheppard Software: Learn by playing games K-12 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ Explore Learnings Gizmos: hundreds of simulations K-12 http://www.explorelearning.com/ This would be cool: Watch the effects of gravity in space https://www.brainpop.com/games/buildasolarsystem/ RELEVANT MID-TERM PROJECTS 9