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Beginner 7-9yrs

Getting started with Scratch - course

Learn essential Scratch basics and code your first game. This course is suitable for students who have no experience of Scratch. All of the features of the Scratch 3 interface are explained and the pace of the learning accommodates younger students.

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1. For parents - help your child get started
   
2. Your first Scratch lesson
   
3. A good way to begin a game
   
4. Control a sprite's movement
   
5. Make a sprite move by itself
   
6. Collisions
   
7. Broadcasting between sprites
   
8. The paint window
   
9. More about the stage
   
10. Show and hide
    
11. Make your first finished game - Ping Pong

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Beginner & Intermediate 8-12yrs

Action game coding essentials - course

Learn essential coding skills for making action games, such as moving, throwing, firing, health, lives, timers, using AI to make enemies chase and attack, rewards, and adding sound effects and music.

Video lessons ..

1. Introduction - Preparing for the course - Overview of the course aims and objectives and content. Download and install Scratch App/Desktop 3. Download the template games.
2. Coding a template game file with backdrops
3. Coding a player controlled sprite
4. Throwing and firing
   
5. Health and lives - losing HP (health points)
6. Enemies
   
7. Automatic throwing and firing
   
8. Reaction animations
   
9. Health & lives - gaining HP (health points)
   
10. Timers
    
11. Sound effects & music

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Intermediate 9-12yrs

Deeper into Scratch - course

Code an action game with throwing/firing, interactive animation, chasing, rewards and health, and a unique and compelling tree growing game in which the player must grow branches to allow birds to alight.

Video lessons ..

1. Introduction - Preparing for the course - Overview of the course aims and objectives and content. Download and install Scratch App/Desktop 3. Download the template games.
   
2. Girl vs witch game - part 1
   
3. Girl vs witch game - part 2
   
4. Girl vs witch game - part 3
   
5. Girl vs witch game - part 4
   
6. Girl vs witch game - part 5
   
7. Grow a tree game - part 1
   
8. Grow a tree game - part 2
   
9. Grow a tree game - part 3
   
10. Grow a tree game - part 4
    

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Intermediate & Advanced 9-14yrs

Optical illusion and pattern effects - course

Create 20 illusion and pattern effects! An in-depth course in which your child will learn essential coding techniques for creating optical illusions, nature simulation and pattern effects. Students will study a range of coding techniques for creating interactive animated effects. Techniques learnt are transferable to a wide range of coding scenarios.

Video lessons ..

1. Introduction - Preparing for the course - Overview of the course aims and objectives and content. Download and install Scratch App/Desktop 3. Download the template games.
2. Hexagon or cube - Create your first animated illusion
3. Moving spots - Use cloning to code a static image which unexpectedly ripples
4. Whirl spiral - Create an illusion of moving forward and backwards with a beautiful unwinding spiral
5. Radial rays - Code the illusion of a 3D object by rotating blades
6. 3D boxes - Create the illusion of multiple 3D objects
7. Colour wheel segments - Use synchronised clones to create a rotating pattern effect
8. Spirograph shapes - Code a player controlled accelerated and decelerated Spriograph effect
9. Four optical illusions - Code four player controlled optical illusions
10. Colour snakes - Code a beautiful synchronised colour pattern effect
11. Snake spiral - Code a player controlled moving wire-frame nature effect
12. Six particle generators - Use cloning to create six nature effects, including rain, bubbles and fire
13. Symmetrical painter - Use the pen tool and math to create an automated painting tool

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Advanced 9-14yrs

Advanced Scratch 1 - course

Code a chase / rescue game with water, accelerating speed boats, movement and sprite reaction sensing, and a bomb disposal game in which the player has 30 seconds to cut wires in the correct order to defuse a bomb.

Video lessons ..

1. Introduction - Preparing for the course - Overview of the course aims and objectives and content. Download and install Scratch App/Desktop 3. Download the template games.
   
2. Duck rescue game - part 1
   
3. Duck rescue game - part 2
   
4. Duck rescue game - part 3
   
5. Duck rescue game - part 4
   
6. Duck rescue game - part 5
   
7. Bomb disposal game - part 1
   
8. Bomb disposal game - part 2
   
9. Bomb disposal game - part 3
   
10. Bomb disposal game - part 4
    
11. Bomb disposal game - part 5

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Advanced 9-14yrs

Advanced Scratch 2 - course

In-depth Scratch coding course for students who want to learn advanced coding techniques to create features such as .. gun inventories, grapple hooks, smooth vehicle control, and constraining spirtes to platforms and paths. Techniques learnt are transferable to a wide range of coding scenarios.

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1. Introduction - Preparing for the course: Overview of the course aims and objectives and content. Download and install Scratch App/Desktop 3. Download the template games.
2. Gun inventory - Code an inventory that the player can choose from and create different firing patterns for pistols, shotguns and machine guns
3. Grapple hook - Drag items and grapple to items
4. Advanced vehicle control - Code smooth acceleration, deceleration and braking
5. Stay on a path - Prevent a sprite from being able to leave a path
6. Auto bots - Automated movement on a path
7. Advanced quiz with variable lists - Code a random automated quiz
8. Force field - Code a force field to repel enemies
9. Distance to - Use the distance-to function to create AI effects
10. Platform riding - Jump between, and ride, moving platforms
11. Tank battle - Code a battle in which tank and turret rotate independently

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Advanced 9-14yrs

Advanced Scratch 3 - course

In-depth Scratch coding course for students who want to learn advanced coding techniques to create features such as .. football game play dynamics, helicopter flight, changing backgrounds, portals, sprite trails and game start countdowns. Techniques learnt are transferable to a wide range of coding scenarios.

Video lessons ..

1. Introduction - Preparing for the course: Overview of the course aims and objectives and content. Download and install Scratch App/Desktop 3. Download the template games.
2. Changing terrain 1 - Code continual motion with changing backdrops that a sprite can move between
3. Changing terrain 2 - Add attacking enemies to appear only on specified backdrops
4. Soccer 1 - Code a striker to dribble a ball and shoot at a goal
5. Soccer 2 - Code a goalkeeper to defend a goal, and a defender to tackle the striker
6. Cloning variables - Give clones their own individual properties so they appear and behave differently
7. Portal gun - Code a portal gun which the Cat can fire to be transported to another location on the stage
8. Helicopter - Code a helicopter with realistic flying and gravity motion
9. Game start countdown - Code a game instruction screen that automatically starts the game
10. Walls - Code a sprite so that it can paint temporary walls to keep enemies contained
11. Sprite trails - Leave a beautifully animated fading wake behind a moving sprite

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Expert 11-15yrs

Expert Scratch 1 - course NEW COURSE!

Expert Scratch coding course for advanced students who want to learn expert coding techniques to create features such as .. first person games, arcade games, offstage sprites, scrolling backdrops, smooth animated health-bars, advanced reaction animations, AI firing, and advanced clone coding. Techniques learnt are transferable to a wide range of coding scenarios and prepare students for the move to programming languages such as Python and Swift.

Video lessons ..

1. Introduction - Preparing for the course: Overview of the course aims and objectives and content. Download and install Scratch App/Desktop 3. Download the template games.
2. First person shooter - Game coding tutorial. Repel attacking enemies with an automatic wepon.
3. Hit boxes - Learn how to code glitch free collisions.
4. Stage offset following - Code enemies that chase you realistically across multiple backdrops.
5. Scrolling terrains with scrollX - Code advanced aracde game scrolling terrains.
6. Health bar advanced - Create a responsive and professional health bar display.
7. Battle animations (part 1) - Code driving, aim assist, firing, damage animations and sound effects for a player controlled tank.
8. Battle animations (part 2) - Code AI driving, firing, damage animations and sound effects for an emeny tank.
9. Fire at closest - Code an AI turret that chooses the closest enemy to fire at.
10. Star field hyper. Create star field horizon, and star wars hyper-jump effects.
11. Attack the block - Game coding tutorial. Code a single sprite aracde game.