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Game Design (2019)

Learn to plan and design a variety of game types. Over the course of a week, you will design and build 2D platformers, top-down games, side scrollers, and physics-based games. Campers will build a foundation of programming basics and apply them as they build a different class of game each day. Work on a collaborative project with friends. At the end of the week, show off your original games and play them with friends and family. No prior programming experience required.

Game Design (2019)

Learn to plan and design a variety of game types. Over the course of a week, you will design and build 2D platformers, top-down games, side scrollers, and physics-based games. Campers will build a foundation of programming basics and apply them as they build a different class of game each day. Work on a collaborative project with friends. At the end of the week, show off your original games and play them with friends and family. No prior programming experience required.

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Tynker Code Blocks

Tynker's visual code blocks are a great way for beginners to code, without needing to remember how to type syntax. By dragging and dropping code blocks together, young coders can produce vividly complex programs and games in our proprietary app, which includes support for graphics, sound, physics, and more.

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Kids learn on their own with a guided, hands-on approach that individualizes the learning experience. Tynker's online courses provide a complete learning system for your child to master the fundamentals of programming. Tynker's visual programming language makes it easy to learn, and once kids gain proficiency, they can seamlessly transition to Javascript coding within the Tynker learning system. Enroll in one of our plans for unlimited play across all courses.

Game-Based Learning

Tynker's self-guided lessons break down coding concepts while solving puzzles and making cool apps.

Interactive Assessments

Quick practice quizzes and assessment tests evaluate a child's comprehension of subjects taught.

Captivating Topics

There's always something to learn with multiple subjects, projects, and coding languages available.

System Requirements

Online courses require a desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet connection and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required. Courses are not supported on tablets.

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Introduction

Let’s start with the basics of coding with animation and keyboard events.

13 Modules:

  • Overview
  • What will you make?
  • Coding Puzzles
  • Dragon Dash
  • Forward
  • Fly Up
  • Forward. Fly Up.
  • Eat and Blast
  • Drop Down. Turn Around.
  • Defeat the Knight
  • Ziggurat
  • Star Runner
  • House

Animation

Animate Actors using costumes, loops and wait blocks.

4 Modules:

  • Make the Dragon Eat
  • Make the Dragon Walk
  • Get the Fireflies
  • The Flying Dragon

Frame-based Animation

Program animations by switching between multiple costumes in a loop.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Walking Goblins 1
  • Walking Goblins 2
  • Cross the Battle Field
  • Fantasy Adventure

Custom Characters

Program, animate and customize characters using Tynker's Character Creator.

7 Modules:

  • Intro Video
  • Concepts
  • Tutorial Intro
  • Frame Based Animation
  • Built-in Animation
  • Gather the Armor
  • Alien Adventure Game

Drums and Instruments

Create your own music, drum set and band using synthesized music!

8 Modules:

  • Beatboxing Gnomes
  • Whistling Gnomes
  • Set the Tempo
  • Magic Drum Set
  • Create a band
  • Dance Studio
  • Dance Studio
  • Music Video

Drawing Puzzles

Put your drawing skills to the test! Make the most awesome programmatic drawing!

9 Modules:

  • Introduction to Drawing
  • Circle
  • Tambourine
  • Hexagonal Frame
  • Venn Diagram
  • What is the coolest pattern you can make?
  • Snowflake
  • Circle Art
  • Honeycomb

Drawing with Colors

Program Actors to move and draw using the pen tool.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Undersea Trails 1
  • Undersea Trails 2
  • Color Match
  • Make Your Own Paint Program

Drawing Patterns

Create colorful drawings by changing the pen color and using multiple Actors.

4 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Rainbow Fish 1
  • Rainbow Fish 2
  • Collect the Treasures

Physics

Use the physics engine and build physics destruction games.

6 Modules:

  • Introduction
  • Concepts
  • Turn on Physics
  • Set Active/Static
  • Dog Bridge
  • Create Your Own Structure

Impulse

Use physics impulses to control and animate characters.

6 Modules:

  • Introduction
  • Concepts
  • Apply Impulse
  • Airship Repair
  • Bouncing Balls
  • Break the Structure

Pong Game

Learn how to make a Pong game.

1 Module:

  • Pong

Cannon Fight Game

Learn to make a 2 player, physics based cannon game.

1 Module:

  • Cannon Fight

Top-Down Game Design

Discover Tynker's Top Down Level Editor through these puzzles.

4 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Castle Dungeon
  • Enemy Attack
  • Level Up

Create a Top-Down Game

Create a detailed multi-level game using the Top Down Level Editor.

1 Module:

  • Top Down Game Design

Custom Adventure Generator

Use the ask and answer code blocks to tell dynamic adventure stories.

4 Modules:

  • Password Please
  • Teleporting Ghost
  • Seashell Rush
  • Interactive Adventure

2 Player Games

Learn to make a 2 player space battle game.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Create Player One
  • Create Player Two
  • Destroy the Enemy Invaders
  • Create Your Own Battle Scene

Make Games - Space Breaker

Use all of the knowledge you've learned so far and make cool games!

2 Modules:

  • Introduce Space Breaker
  • Space breaker

Make Games - Medieval Soccer

Use all of the knowledge you've learned so far and make cool games!

2 Modules:

  • Introduce Medieval Soccer
  • Medieval Soccer

Make Games - Arcade Shooter

Use all of the knowledge you've learned so far and make cool games!

2 Modules:

  • Introduce Arcade Shooter
  • Arcade shooter

Make Games - Platformer

Use all of the knowledge you've learned so far and make cool games!

2 Modules:

  • Introduce Platformer
  • Platformer

Make Games - Maze Game

Use all of the knowledge you've learned so far and make cool games!

2 Modules:

  • Introduce Maze Game
  • Maze Game

Make Games - Tower Offense

Use all of the knowledge you've learned so far and make cool games!

2 Modules:

  • Introduce Tower Offense
  • Tower Offense

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