3-Week Coding and Animation with Scratch Part 3 - Interactive Game Design: Minecraft

This is a 3-Day Series.  Students will meet 3 times to complete Part 3.
Please note: Classes will meet 3 times within the same week for Summer Break & Winter Holiday weeks. 
Basic computer skills like typing, opening and closing programs, saving and exporting files, and mouse maneuvering are prerequisites. For students who have no coding and animation experience, it is required that they have completed Series Part 1 and Part 2 before they join this class. Please see links below:
Part 1: Fundamentals for Beginners
https://outschool.com/classes/3-day-coding-and-animation-art-tech-series-part-1-fundamentals-for-beginners-0ak9VANq#usRzeseCIM
Part 2: Principles of Animation
https://outschool.com/classes/3-week-coding-and-animation-series-part-2-principles-of-animation-sonic-hNutRf0w#usRzeseCIM

Part 3 will expand upon the basic concepts of animation and block coding to get students into learning how to program basic operations in video games, as well as teach them independent problem solving skills in utilizing Scratch tools to successfully bring their ideas to life. While learning the route of game creation through design, building, testing, and learning with their favorite characters, students will garner an appreciation for the complexities behind simple game mechanics as they do simple exercises to create original interactive projects through problem solving and collaboration.

Day 1 - Platforming and Movement
Students will create their own Minecraft avatar with different frames for moving in multiple directions on a sprite used as solid ground.

Day 2 - Triggers, Variables, and Cutscenes
Students will create a character, a setting, and an object that will change when interacted with; movement controls will be halted so gameplay stops for a cutscene to play.

Day 3 - Damage and Inventory
Students will take Steve and have an enemy hit and damage him with visible effects (“hit frames” when Steve shows a visual cue that he has taken damage).

Students can use what they learn throughout the course in games and animation, starting with Scratch and then later in complex programs. Students will discover how to apply previous Scratch knowledge and basic understanding of animation to longer and more complex projects.


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