Category: Level 03

‘Create, change, and check.  The three C’s of variables.’ This level is all about giving your games the power to create, change, and check game variables.  Variables like score, user name, hit points, items collected, best time, enemies defeated, which item they have selected, current stage number, energy levels – you get the point! After creating a variable…

Every programming language has commands that allow us to generate random numbers.  Random numbers can be used along with conditional statements to give games more variety.  This lesson will give you an introduction to how you can start using random values with conditions. Part A – Setting Variables to Random Values To save time, a…

Variables are great for remembering values. But the real power of variables is being able to ask questions about their values, and depending on these values, perform different blocks of code. This lesson will introduce you to the power of simple conditional statements. Part A – Watch! We’ll continue working on the variable game project from…

Lets start learning how you can use variables in your programs. Resources You Will Use It’s Level 03 now, so remember to look for sprites, sounds, and other resources in the Lv03 resource folder. Part A – Creating and Changing Instance Variables To save time, a pre-made game project has been made that will help us…