Middle School course

Game Design 201

GRADES 6-8
BEGINNER
WEB
25 LESSONS

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Answer Key

Module 1: Change Direction

Module 2: Triple Jump

Module 3: Blow. Blow. Blow.

Module 4: Jump. Turn Around. Repeat.

Module 5: Grow

Module 6: Ice Breath

Lesson 15: Repetition

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Change Direction
Triple Jump
Blow. Blow. Blow.
Jump. Turn Around. Repeat.
Grow
Ice Breath

Description

A fast-paced introduction to programming for students in grades 6-8. Introduce programming fundamentals to your class as they build two arcade-inspired games from start to finish. In Cannon Crasher, a physics game, they harness the power of the physics engine to program realistic jumps, projectiles, and bouncing balls. The Adventure Game features a knight who has to defeat enemies to reach treasure. Students program arrow keys, fluid motion, hero and enemy behavior, and winning conditions.

Topics Covered: Events, keyboard and mouse interaction, conditional loops, nested loops, functions, and sending and receiving messages. Basic physics programming such as gravity, bounding boxes, bouncing, projectiles, impulses, and collisions.

What Students Learn

Build complex multi-level games
Use variables to keep score
Use cloning to create actors programmatically
Build algorithms using complex conditional logic
Build physics projects using gravity, impulse, and velocity
Understand parallelism with multiple scripts
Program different behaviors for different actors
Publish projects to the Web
Troubleshoot and debug programs

Technical Requirements

* Online courses require a modern desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet access and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.