Life’s a game, all you have to do, is know how to play it.” Understanding how the world around us works is what growing up is all about, and teaching kids about the world is a
primary goal. Why not explore a path in which kids find COOL and INTERESTING. This activity will teach kids to develop their own games in an easy to learn and fun way.
Requirements:
Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/ ).
If you are new to scratch, click Join Scratch else click Sign in
Steps:
Step 1: After logging in, you see your screen as below which has different parameters like:
Code, Costumes, Sounds as basic instructions to kickstart
The left panel as instructions for scripts
The middle panel as code here
The right panel as a canvas area
Step 2: Code comes with different scripts like Motion, Looks, Sound, Events, Control, Sensing, Operation, Variables and My blocks which can be used in creating any game
Step 3: One can choose different sprites and different backdrops based on your interest
Step 4: Below are the codes for blue ball sprites which can be done simply by drag and drop process:
To position your sprite
To count scores and pop sound
Step 5: Similarly, we can create as many sprites we want, as in for our game we will use the same code for yellow and green balls
Step 6: We can create catching sprite as a bowl or gloves or bags. Below is the code for this:
Step 7: Add score counter from variables to see your score
Step 8: Finally, time to play the game and score high
Step 9: Just hit the green flag to start the game
Step 10: Hit the red button to stop the game
Note: For more reference, follow our scratch project here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/396656441/
Learning Opportunity:
Motivating kids to learn how games are created is immeasurably easier by this drag and drop and visually pleasing developments which are made available to us
Playing games is a surefire way to engage students, but making games can be just as absorbing
Game design and development build art, math, and coding skills, and offers students an outlet to show what they know and what they aspire for in future
Time Required: 20 minutes
Cost: NIL
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