{"id":13466,"date":"2018-10-09T14:01:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T21:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=13466"},"modified":"2023-08-06T12:58:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T19:58:09","slug":"code-a-leaves-catching-game-to-celebrate-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/code-a-leaves-catching-game-to-celebrate-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Code a Leaves-Catching Game to Celebrate Autumn!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Code a Leaves-Catching Game to Celebrate Autumn!<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s autumn, and the leaves are falling as the season changes from summer to fall. Help your young coders celebrate the change in seasons by creating their very own game in Tynker to catch the falling leaves!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/parents\/curriculum\/coding-proficiency\/\">block-based coding<\/a>, kids learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/school\/coding-curriculum\/\">programming concepts<\/a> like loops, physics, and cloning as they draw leaves and code their own leaf-catching game. They\u2019re given three pre-programmed leaf Actors, each worth a different number of points. Coders will draw their own leaves to personalize their <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">catching game!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/ide\/embedded?p=5ba7d86d8409f22d9d7ebc34&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/ide\/?p=5baa5f590460586f3c748b9a\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">View Tutorial<\/span><\/a>\n<p><b>How to Code this Project<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All registered Tynker users have access to this project in their student dashboard. Simply click on the project card and follow the instructions to get started! If you do not have an account, you can sign up for a FREE account <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/#\/join\/student\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and access many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/hour-of-code\/\">fun coding puzzles<\/a>, games, and tutorials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Parents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to give this project to your child:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have your child log in to his\/her account.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can find \u201cAutumn Leaves\u201d in their<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/student\/#\/projects\/templates\/block\/seasonal\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">student dashboard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We love to see what kids are making! Share your Autumn Leaves projects on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gotynker\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gotynker\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and be sure to tag us @goTynker.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Code a Leaves-Catching Game to Celebrate Autumn! It\u2019s autumn, and the leaves are falling as the season changes from summer to fall. Help your young coders celebrate the change in seasons by creating their very own game in Tynker to catch the falling leaves! 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