Making Games With Hopscotch

Pluralsight

Course Summary

Learn how the Hopscotch app for iOS can teach kids basic programming concepts through making an interactive game.

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Course Description

You probably play games on computers, tablets, phones, and other devices. You might be wondering, "How do I make my own game?" Using the Hopscotch app, learn the basic building blocks of programming in a fun and interactive way. Follow along on your own device to build the exact same game, then use all you have learned to build many more games and apps.

Course Description

You probably play games on computers, tablets, phones, and other devices. You might be wondering, "How do I make my own game?" Using the Hopscotch app, learn the basic building blocks of programming in a fun and interactive way. Follow along on your own device to build the exact same game, then use all you have learned to build many more games and apps.

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Course Syllabus

Introduction
- 4m 46s

—Introduction 0m 41s
—What Is Computer Science? 1m 55s
—What Are We Building in the Course? 1m 36s
—Summary 0m 33s

Getting Started
- 8m 1s

—Introduction 1m 23s
—Getting Hopscotch 1m 21s
—First Project Hopscotch 1m 17s
—Learning the Features 3m 21s
—Summary 0m 38s

Events Make it All Come to Life
- 9m 2s

—Introduction 0m 36s
—What Are Events? 0m 33s
—How do Events Improve Our Game? 0m 30s
—Adding Characters and Explaining Events 2m 31s
—Making Monkey Move 4m 22s
—Summary 0m 27s

Control Your Project Flow
- 6m 54s

—Introduction 0m 40s
—What Are Control Blocks? 1m 14s
—Making Characters Move 4m 24s
—Summary 0m 34s

Looks Can Change - Animation
- 6m 30s

—Introduction 0m 45s
—Different Animations 1m 1s
—Adding Animation to Frogger Lite 4m 6s
—Summary 0m 37s

Drawing With Lines
- 5m 43s

—Introduction 0m 43s
—Drawing on the Screen 0m 34s
—Sydney Opera House 1m 44s
—Adding Lines to Frogger Lite 2m 12s
—Summary 0m 29s

Variables and Code Reuse
- 9m 28s

—Introduction 0m 54s
—Variables 1m 5s
—Reusing Code 0m 59s
—Improving Frogger Lite 5m 24s
—Summary 1m 3s

What's Next?
- 10m 45s

—Introduction 0m 49s
—The Finishing Touches on Frogger Lite 4m 23s
—Start Programming at School 0m 36s
—What Is Possible in Hopscotch? 3m 22s
—Next Steps 0m 44s
—Summary 0m 49s