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Turing's Tower

Intro to Coding - Ages 9+

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Beginner Course: A steampunk-styled platformer game. Scour the globe and repair a flying tower to fight off a giant robotic dragon.

  • Complete Turing's Tower
  • 56 programming activities
  • 16 coding puzzles
  • Build 16 mini-games
  • No Prerequisites
  • Recommended for Ages 10+
  • Complete Turing's Tower
  • 56 programming activities
  • 16 coding puzzles
  • Build 16 mini-games
  • No Prerequisites
  • Recommended for Ages 10+

16 Modules

1
Tower Learn the basics of animation, sound, and mouse events. 8 Activities: 4 Intros | 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• SIMPLE EVENTS • COSTUME HANDLING •
2
Tower Combine your knowledge of motion and events to code the flying tower. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• DETECT CONDITION • SIMPLE MOTION • SIMPLE LOOPS • SIMPLE EVENTS •
3
Tower Learn to take in user input and programmatically produce an answer. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• INPUT/OUTPUT • BASIC MATH •
4
Tower Combine everything you have learned to defeat Enigma. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• FUNCTIONS •
5
Ice World Bring the tower back to life with loops and delays. 5 Activities: 1 Intro | 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• DELAYS • VISIBILITY • SIMPLE LOOPS •
6
Ice World Explore the possibilities of movement. Code Actors to follow your mouse, fling in a direction, or move on their own. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• SIMPLE MOTION • SIMPLE LOOPS • SIMPLE EVENTS •
7
Ice World Combine your knowledge of motion and events to make a collection minigame. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• DETECT CONDITION • SIMPLE MOTION • SIMPLE LOOPS • SIMPLE EVENTS •
8
Ice World Combine your knowledge of motion and events to code the flying tower. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• DETECT CONDITION • SIMPLE MOTION • SIMPLE LOOPS • SIMPLE EVENTS •
9
Underwater World Learn to use angles and directions for Actor movement. 5 Activities: 1 Intro | 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• DIRECTION AND TURNING •
10
Underwater World Use computer drawing to create a shield for the tower. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• PEN COLOR • PEN SHADE •
11
Underwater World Use computer drawing to create a shield for the tower. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• COLOR DETECTION • MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS •
12
Underwater World Program fine movement with X- and Y- coordinates. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• ADVANCED MOTION •
13
Underground World Send messages to communicate between multiple Actors and their code. 5 Activities: 1 Intro | 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• SIMPLE MESSAGING •
14
Underground World Use computer drawing to create a shield for the tower. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• VARIABLES •
15
Underground World Combine your knowledge to code the tower through the meteor shower. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• ACTOR PROPERTIES •
16
Underground World Use functions to organize and reuse your code. 4 Activities: 2 Tutorials | 1 Puzzle | 1 DIY
• FUNCTIONS •
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