Author: Atomic Toddler

Lets go back to our Two Player Game that you were working on earlier and try a few modifications.  You should work through all the mods since each one has been selected to review a particular concept. The mods will start easy and finish off a little more challenging.  Don’t worry if you get stuck along the…

It’s time to practice the concepts taught in the course so far.  To do this you will code a bunch of features and modifications into the Get The Ghosts project that you cloned in an earlier lesson. You should work through all the modifications since each one has been selected to review a particular concept.  The…

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…

Now it’s time for you to practice the past few lessons. You’ll look at a program that we have provided. It’s called ‘Get the Ghosts’, a little shooter game. Play it for a minute or two and then reproduce the entire game! Part A – Observe the Game Play GetTheGhosts01.exe for a minute or two, it’s…

Sometimes it’s nice to be able to pick up an object and move it to a certain location in the room. It’s also nice to be able to turn sprites to face different directions. Playing sounds is pretty good too. These are the three things we’ll learn how to do in this lesson. Part A…

You have two players moving around the room. Now it’s time to fire stuff at each other! In this lesson you will learn how to create and control instances of new objects. Resources You Will Use Grab and open the CheatSheet01.html in the Lv02 folder. It has a bunch of common programming commands that we…

Now that we have some objects in the room, we have to get them moving around. This is where events and actions come into play. By the end of this lesson you will have objects moving and colliding. Part A – Getting Moving with the Keyboard Event Watch the video: 02-02-A Part B – Colliding…

In this lesson we will get started on creating our two player game. The first steps will include learning about sprites, objects, and how to create the game room. The sprites (graphics) that are used in this lesson can be found in your downloaded resources in the level 02 folder. Part A – Setting Up…