Week 2: Motion, Animating Shapes, and Reacting to Input
by Camille McCue
Coding For Kids For Dummies
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Week 1: Basic Drawing, Motion, and Text Handling
- Project 0: Getting Started with Coding
- Project 1: Art Toy
- Project 2: Mini Golf
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Draw a Golf Green, Water Trap, and Hole
- Create a Title Text Box
- Create a Golf Ball and an Obstacle
- Set the Starting Position of the Golf Ball
- Create Controls for Aiming and Hitting the Golf Ball
- Code the Ball to Bump Off the Obstacle
- Code Universal Color Conditionals
- Write a Watertrap Procedure
- Write a Win Procedure
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 3: Sketcher Etcher
- Week 2: Motion, Animating Shapes, and Reacting to Input
- Project 4: Horse Race
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Paint the Simulation Page
- Create a Racing Horse Character
- Make Copies of the Horse
- Line Up the Horses at the Starting Gate
- Set Up Horses to Recognize the Finish Line
- Create a Button to Start the Race
- Add Trotting Sounds
- Make a Button to Play the Trotting Sounds
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 5: Winter Wonderland
- Project 6: Sports Vote
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Add a Sports-Themed Background
- Add Text for the Title and Directions
- Create Candidates
- Add Shapes to the Turtle Candidates
- Write a Startup Procedure
- Make a Bell Sound to Ring When a Vote Is Cast
- Write a Get Vote Procedure and Add It to the Candidates
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 4: Horse Race
- Week 3: Variables: Counting and Conditionals
- Project 7: Happy Birthday
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Apply a Hospital Theme to the Workspace
- Create a Title Text Box
- Create Boy and Girl Characters
- Create Variables
- Write an Initialize Procedure and Make an Associated Button
- Write a Reproduce Procedure and Make an Associated Button
- Write a Make 10 Babies Procedure and Make an Associated Button
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 8: Number Guessing Computer
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Paint the Background
- Create a Title Text Box
- Create a Secret Number Variable
- Make a Slider to Set the Maximum Value of the Secret Number
- Create a Turtle and Paint Shapes for It
- Write a Compchoosesecret Procedure and Make a Button
- Write a Checkguess Procedure
- Make a Tune Play When the Player Answers Correctly
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 9: Monster Mashup
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Color the Background and Add a Title
- Create and Name Turtles for Different Monster Parts
- Create and Name Hair and Face Shapes
- Create and Name Body Shapes
- Create and Name Feet Shapes
- Make Drop-Down Lists for Each Part
- Code Selection Procedures for the Drop-Down Lists and Make Buttons
- Code a Procedure and Add a Button for the Monster Mashup
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 7: Happy Birthday
- Week 4: Keyboard Control and Shooters
- Project 10: Viral Outbreak
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Color the Background and Paint a Hospital
- Create a Turtle
- Write an Initialize Procedure and Make a Button
- Make a Clone Button and Instruction
- Make a 1 Sick Button and Instruction
- Make an Infect Procedure and Add It to the Turtle
- Write a Health Command and Add It to the Turtle
- Write a Roam Procedure and Make a Button
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 11: UFO Pilot
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Add a Space-Themed Background
- Create a UFO Character
- Create Asteroid Cluster Characters
- Create a Score Variable
- Write a Reset Procedure and Make a Button
- Code Gravity and Collisions
- Write a Keyboard-Controlled Fly Procedure
- Write a Scoring Procedure for Navigating Asteroids
- Code the Motion of the Asteroids and Include the Scoring Procedure
- Create a Go! Button to Start the Game
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 12: Squid Ink
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Add an Ocean-Themed Background
- Create an Animated Squid Character
- Create an Ink Cloud Character
- Create an Animated Shark Character
- Write a Go Procedure and Make a Button
- Write a Swimshoot Procedure and Add It to the Squid
- Write a Shoot Procedure
- Record “Argh, Inked Again” and “Chomp” Sounds
- Write a Geteaten Procedure and Add It to the Squid
- Write a Hit Procedure and Add It to the Ink
- Write a Float Procedure and Add It to the Shark
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 10: Viral Outbreak
- Week 5: Advanced Coding
- Project 13: Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Project 14: Where’s Wallace Walrus?
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Name the Search-and-Find Page
- Paint the Background of the Search Page
- Create a Main Character
- Create Distracter Character Shapes
- Make a Slider to Vary the Number of Distracters
- Write a Populate Procedure and Make a Button
- Write a Get Ready Procedure and Make a Button
- Add Page Directions to the Search Page
- Write a Found Him Procedure and Add It to the Main Character
- Create and Name the Splash Page
- Paint a Background on the Splash Page
- Add a Title and Backstory to the Splash Page
- Add a Let’s Play to the Splash Page
- Remove Turtle Tooltip Naming
- Save, Test, and Debug
- Project 15: Traffic Dodge
- Brainstorm
- Start a New Project
- Paint and Name the Level 1 Game Page
- Create a Frog Character
- Create Traffic Characters
- Make Traffic Move
- Create a Project Variable for Lives
- Show Lives Remaining
- Create the Splash Page
- Write a Start Procedure
- Make a Start Button
- Move Between Pages and Add a Page Transition
- Write a Play Procedure
- Write a Jump Procedure and Add It to the Frog
- Write a Hit Procedure and Add It to the Frog
- Write an End Game Procedure
- Write a Succeed Level 1 Procedure and Add It to the Frog
- Lay Out and Code the Level 2 Game Page
- Save, Test, and Debug
- About the Author
- Cheat Sheet
- More Dummies Products
Week 2
Motion, Animating Shapes, and Reacting to Input
This week you’ll build …
- Horse Race
- Winter Wonderland
- Sports Vote
If you’re a teacher using this book in the classroom, check out the Action Plans available via www.dummies.com/extras/codingforkids. Each project has an Action Plan with a checklist for each step in the project. You will also find a list of key ideas students learn as they complete the project.
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