If you like playing computer games, why not make your own? This book has all you need to build amazing games, including thrilling racing challenges, zany platform games, and fiendish puzzles. Follow the simple steps to become an expert coder, using the latest version of the popular programming language Scratch™ 3.0 in this new edition. Improve your coding skills and create your own games, before remixing and customizing them. Jumpy Monkey will show you how to simulate gravity in your games, or give Dog's Dinner a go to learn about collision detection. Pick up the fundamentals of computer programming in steps that make even the most difficult coding concepts fun and easy to understand. Don't just learn how computer code works - understand why it's done that way. Then share your games online and challenge friends and family to beat each other's scores. Once you 've whizzed through the book, the possibilities are endless!
Author(s): Carol Vorderman
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley/DK Children/Penguin Random House
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 226
Tags: Computer Programming: Juvenile Literature, Programming Languages (Electronic Computers): Juvenile Literature, Coding Theory: Juvenile Literature
Contents......Page 8
FOREWORD by Carol Vorderman......Page 10
HOW THIS BOOK WORKS......Page 12
1 WHAT IS CODING?......Page 14
What is a computer program?......Page 16
Thinking like a computer......Page 18
Becoming a coder......Page 20
2 STARTING FROM SCRATCH......Page 22
What is Scratch?......Page 24
Installing Scratch......Page 26
Scratch interface......Page 28
Sprites......Page 30
Coloured blocks and code......Page 32
Project 1: Escape the dragon!......Page 34
Making things moves......Page 40
Costumes......Page 42
Hide and seek......Page 44
Events......Page 46
Simple loops......Page 48
Pens and turtles......Page 50
Variables......Page 52
Maths......Page 54
Strings and lists......Page 56
Co-ordinates......Page 58
Make some noise......Page 60
Project 2: Roll the dice......Page 62
True or false?......Page 64
Decisions and branches......Page 66
Sensing and detecting......Page 68
Complex loops......Page 70
Sending messages......Page 72
Creating blocks......Page 74
Project 3: Monkey mayhem......Page 76
Time to experiment......Page 84
3 PLAYING WITH PYTHON......Page 86
What is Python?......Page 88
Installing Python......Page 90
Introducing IDLE......Page 94
Errors......Page 96
Project 4: Ghost game......Page 98
Ghost game decoded......Page 100
Program flow......Page 102
Simple commands......Page 104
Harder commands......Page 106
Which window?......Page 108
Variables in Python......Page 110
Types of data......Page 112
Maths in Python......Page 114
Strings in Python......Page 116
Input and output......Page 118
Making decisions......Page 120
Branching......Page 122
Loops in Python......Page 124
While loops......Page 126
Escaping loops......Page 128
Lists......Page 130
Functions......Page 132
Project 5: Silly sentences......Page 134
Tuples and dictionaries......Page 136
Lists in variables......Page 138
Variables and functions......Page 140
Project 6: Drawing machine......Page 142
Bugs and debugging......Page 150
Algorithms......Page 152
Libraries......Page 154
Making windows......Page 156
Colour and co-ordinates......Page 158
Making shapes......Page 160
Changing things......Page 162
Reacting to events......Page 164
Project 7: Bubble blaster......Page 166
What next?......Page 178
4 INSIDE COMPUTERS......Page 180
Inside a computer......Page 182
Binary and bases......Page 184
Symbols and codes......Page 186
Logic gates......Page 188
Processors and memory......Page 190
Essential programs......Page 192
Storing data in files......Page 194
The internet......Page 196
5 PROGRAMMING IN THE REAL WORLD......Page 198
Computer languages......Page 200
Coding stars......Page 202
Busy programs......Page 204
Computer games......Page 206
Making apps......Page 208
Programming for the internet......Page 210
Using JavaScript......Page 212
Bad programs......Page 214
Mini computers......Page 216
Becoming a master programmer......Page 218
Glossary......Page 220
Index......Page 222
Acknowledgments......Page 226
