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Game Design Studio 1

Learn what it takes to build your own video game worlds. Design and build your own games from start to finish by connecting Lego-like code blocks. Build 2D game worlds, design animated heroes and villains, program game controls and motion, add music, and program game logic. At the end of the week, show off your own original games and play them with friends and family. No prior programming experience required.

Game Design Studio 1

Learn what it takes to build your own video game worlds. Design and build your own games from start to finish by connecting Lego-like code blocks. Build 2D game worlds, design animated heroes and villains, program game controls and motion, add music, and program game logic. At the end of the week, show off your own 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.

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Introduction

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

12 Modules:

  • Overview
  • What will you make?
  • Coding Puzzles
  • Dragon Dash
  • Forward
  • Forward. Fly Up.
  • Eat and Blast
  • Star Runner
  • House
  • Move the Knight
  • Loot Quest
  • Knight's Quest
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Lights, Music, Action

Make your own dance studio with music and built-in character animation.

6 Modules:

  • Piano Robot
  • Build Your Piano Robot
  • Dance Studio
  • Dance Studio Instructions
  • Dance Studio
  • Music Video
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Frame-based Animation

Program animations by switching between multiple costumes in a loop.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Flying Comet 1
  • Flying Comet 2
  • Cross the Stars
  • Space Adventure
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2D Motion

Move objects using X,Y coordinates. Program motion that tracks the mouse.

6 Modules:

  • Introduction
  • Concepts
  • Learn to Fly
  • Flying Test
  • Space Ace
  • Obstacle Game
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Pen Drawing

Use the pen commands to draw. Learn about messaging between Actors.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Plane Colors
  • Plane Shapes
  • Color Match
  • Make Your Own Paint Program
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Alien Catcher

Learn how to draw with actors using the pen tool and detect if you're touching a color.

8 Modules:

  • Drawing Concepts
  • Attack the Alien
  • Trap the Ship
  • Trap the Aliens
  • Get the Enemy
  • Pattern Maker
  • Pattern Maker Instructions
  • Pattern Maker
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Space Breaker

Use timers and build the space breaker game.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Galactic Breaker 1
  • Galactic Breaker 2
  • Mission To Mars
  • Space Breaker
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Fish Tank

Build your own "Get the Treasure" game using functions and operators.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • School of Fish 1
  • School of Fish 2
  • Sunken Treasure
  • Get the Treasure
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Make Games - Animated Greeting Card

Template for an animated greeting card.

2 Modules:

  • Introduction
  • Animated Greeting Card
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Make Games - Music Video

Template for a music video.

2 Modules:

  • Introduction
  • Music Video
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Make Games - Maze Game

Templates for a maze game.

2 Modules:

  • Introduction
  • Maze Game
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Make Games - 2-Player Battle Game

Template for a 2-player battle.

2 Modules:

  • Introduction
  • 2-Player Battle Game
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Make Games - Animated Story

Template for an animated story.

2 Modules:

  • Introduction
  • Animated Story
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Level Design

Build Platformer games using Tynker’s Level Editor.

3 Modules:

  • Selector
  • Platformer Level
  • Level Editor

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