Scratch games coding for kids - Advanced Scratch 3
In-depth Scratch coding course for students who want to learn advanced coding techniques.
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What You Will Learn!
- Changing terrain 1 - Code continual motion with changing backdrops that a sprite can move between
- Changing terrain 2 - Add attacking enemies to appear only on specified backdrops
- Soccer 1 - Code a striker to dribble a ball and shoot at a goal
- Soccer 2 - Code a goalkeeper to defend a goal and a defender to tackle the striker
- Cloning variables - Give clones their own individual properties so they appear and behave differently
- Portal gun - Code a portal gun which the Cat can fire to be transported to another location on the stage
- Game start countdown - Code a game instruction screen that automatically starts the game
- Helicopter - Code a helicopter with realstic flying and gravity motion
- Walls - Code a sprite so that it can paint temporary walls to keep enemies contained
- Sprite trails - Leave a beautifully animated fading wake behind a moving sprite
Description
Help your child to learn a new range of advanced Scratch coding techniques, extend their knowledge and skills, then use what they have learnt to create their own games.
This course is designed for parents who want to re-direct their child's natural enthusiasm for playing games, into creating and coding games.
Students will learn advanced coding techniques including gun football game play dynamics, helicopter flight, changing backgrounds, portals, sprite trails and game start countdowns. Once learnt these techniques can be used to create new games or to add functionality to existing games.
Coding is a primary skill for the modern workplace and this course will help give students a head start in their computer studies at school and thereafter at further and higher education and in the workplace.
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 advanced games coding skills, and improve their creative, math and computational thinking skills.
As your child learns, their confidence, enthusiasm and passion for coding will increase. As the see the immediate results of their coding efforts they will not only learn but learn to love learning itself. Children have a natural infinity with computer technologies and this course is the perfect way to turn that energy into useful educational outcomes.
Who Should Attend!
- 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 play games and would like to learn how to create their own
- Intermediate coders who want to extend their skills
