{"id":15958,"date":"2019-02-25T09:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T17:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=15958"},"modified":"2023-08-06T22:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T05:41:24","slug":"conner-codes-to-design-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/conner-codes-to-design-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Conner Codes to Design Games!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Conner Codes To Design Games!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Conner, who is 11 years old and from South Carolina, is our newest Featured Maker! He has aspirations of becoming a video game designer when he grows up. When Conner is in school, he loves studying science and is particularly interested in subjects like terraforming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of school, Conner plays with his friends on Xbox and loves spending time with his family. We were lucky enough to sit down with Conner and talk to him about his experience with Tynker! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you get introduced to Tynker and how long have you been coding? <\/strong>I\u2019ve been coding for a year. I got introduced through school.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you learn how to use Tynker when you were first starting out? <\/strong>I went to this place called Code Ninjas and I learned there. But Tynker also helped me learn how to make variables.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How have your coding skills improved since you started using Tynker? <\/strong>They\u2019ve improved a lot, actually! I&#8217;ve gotten better at fixing the problems that I couldn\u2019t figure out, like how to debug.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you feel when you found out your project had been featured? <\/strong>I thought it was really cool! I told everyone.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your favorite project you\u2019ve made so far? <\/strong>The one that got featured and then I\u2019m working on one, still trying to debug everything. I like my featured project because it\u2019s easy to understand, and it\u2019s just fun to play other people\u2019s projects. It\u2019s super cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/ide\/embedded?p=5c11128204ad25abae780386&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" height=\"350\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>&#8220;High Five Clicker (1.0)&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where did you get the idea for your favorite project?<\/strong> One of my technology teachers said to do anything that\u2019s popular, because she said that it would get the most views. She was talking about how good it is to respond to all the famous, popular stuff. So, I saw on Tynker that there was this popular subject going around and I decided to do that.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do you get inspiration for your projects? <\/strong>I just usually go into the community and just look at games. Whenever I think something is a really cool idea, I don\u2019t copy it, I just make a new game about it&#8211;make it my own.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why do you like to code? <\/strong>It\u2019s fun! And it calms me down and I just like the idea of making my dream game. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your favorite way to use code? <\/strong>I really like the &#8220;make your own&#8221; function because it\u2019s so much easier. 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Because they have so many great ideas and they always have something new to share.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to kids starting out with Tynker? <\/strong>I would say, go ahead and make whatever you want to make and try to figure out the hard stuff whenever you feel like it!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veronica, Conner\u2019s mom, was with us as well and expressed her thoughts on Conner learning how to code. She said: \u201cWe\u2019re always very proud of everything that he does, so him learning to code, we very much encouraged it and we believe that\u2019s where the world is headed. We want him to be as prepared as possible for his future. We love seeing and hearing about his projects; we\u2019re very proud of his accomplishments!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veronica is clearly excited for Conner and supports him as much as possible. \u201cWell, by supporting him, we have entered him into additional activities after school, like Code Ninja, to help support what he wants to do,\u201d said Veronica. \u201cHe had articulated to us that he wanted to become a game designer, so we felt like looking for additional hobbies that would encourage that. 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