[Term Class] Coding the Impossible Module 3 by Saturday Kids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3 Explore the game mechanisms behind platformer games. en-us 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC 2023-03-21 06:00:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/60692237/388a6017abce51628429ce99ab980a98/SK_Greenhouse__Coding_the_Impossible_Program_Cover_Module_3_1024x512.png OVERVIEW SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583624 Today your child has learnt the following:
  • understand how a flipbook animation helps us create better walking animation in a game character
  • apply their knowledge of costumers and looks to make a sprite look like it is walking
  • apply their previous knowledge of clones and broadcast to create various enemies, obstacles and items for their platformer game
  • understand how to create AI for the enemies
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583624 CONCEPTS LEARNT SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583625 Walking Animations
  • Make use of different costumes to make the cat sprite look like it is walking when toggling back and forth

Enemies, Obstacles & Items
  • Make use of any of prior knowledge regarding clones and broadcast to create different enemies, obstacles and items in their platformer game
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583625 WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN SHOW YOU SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583628 Below are some activities you can do to reinforce the concept of:

Walking Animations
  1. The sprite actions that your child programmed

Enemies, Obstacles & Items
  1. The different enemies, obstacles and items that your child has created during the lesson for his/her platformer game
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583628 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KID SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583629 You can review and check your child's understanding by doing the following:

General Questions
  • What did you create in your Platformer game today?
  • How does the game work?

Walking Animations
  1. Play around with the different sprites available in scratch (not just the cat sprite) to see how the different costumes can bring about different actions in the various sprites
  2. Describe flipbook animations

Enemies, Obstacles & Items
  1. Reinforce the concept of clones and broadcast by encouraging your child to create a new platformer game with different enemies, obstacles and items
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583629 OVERVIEW SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583630 Today your child has learnt the following:
  • using the concepts of local and global variables to create a global high score board for their platformer game
  • understand what is scrollX and scrollY
  • apply the knowledge of scrollX and scroll Y to create a moving background
  • adjust the game visuals to create a more immersive and interactive platformer game
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583630 CONCEPTS LEARNT SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583631 Global High Scores
  • Create a global high score board

Moving Background
  • Create a moving background to make a more immersive and interactive game
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583631 WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN SHOW YOU SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583632 Below are some activities you can do to reinforce the concept of:

Global High Scores
  1. The scoreboard that your child created

Moving Background
  1. How the backgrounds move as the Platformer game runs
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583632 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KID SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583633 You can review and check your child's understanding by doing the following:

General Questions
  • What did you create in your Platformer game today?
  • How does the game work?

Global High Scores
  1. Have a friendly competition with your child through clocking in the higher score on the score board

Moving Background
  1. What are scrollX and scrollY?
  2. What makes a game more immersive and interactive?
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583633 OVERVIEW SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583634 Today your child has learnt the following:
  • Understand what is required of them for the final project
  • Articulate what they want to create for their final project
  • Create their final project with minimal help
]]> 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583634 WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN SHOW YOU SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583637
  • His/Her final project on Scratch
    • ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583637     QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KID SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583639 You can review and check your child's understanding by doing the following:

    • Describe one thing that you learned each lesson.
    • What is your Final Project about?
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583639     SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583641 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583641 Coding the Impossible Module 3 SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583642 In this course, students explore the game mechanisms behind well-known Platformer games.

    Each day's lesson structure is broken down and summarized into columns so parents have a better idea of what their children learnt on each day.

    We've also included 2 sections "What your child can show you" and "Questions to ask your kid" to help you learn alongside your kid and to help them share with you what they've learnt during the course!

    The "Taking it further" column provides parents with information on what their children can do with the knowledge and skills they have acquired at this camp.

    Feedback, suggestions or any comments? Email us at hello@saturdaykids.com. ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583642     OVERVIEW SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583644 Final Project
    • Finishing and Touching Up on the Final Project
    • Project Presentation and Showcase
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583644     SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583649 Think of what we teach them during the course as tools in a toolbox. They can now use these tools to build even more complicated and interesting things.

    Below are links to some great learning resources that will allow you to take what they have learnt with us much further, as well as the recommended follow-on courses at Saturday Kids.]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583649     SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583651 2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583651 OVERVIEW SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583652 Today your child has learnt the following:
    • apply their previous knowledge from CT1 and CT2 to create a Platformer game
    • understand the game mechanics of wall & slope detection
    • apply their knowledge of functions to create a code allowing the sprite to walk on a slope
    • understand what is Y-Velocity
    • understand how to create different types of jumps using local variable
    • apply their knowledge of sensing blocks to detect the ground
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583652     CONCEPTS LEARNT SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583654 Detect Steep Slopes & Walls
    • Creating walls and slopes using the paint tool
    • Making characters walk on a slope or go up against a wall realistically

    Creating High & Low Jumps
    • Apply their knowledge of variables, conditionals and operators to add the jump code
    • Creating realistic jumps
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583654     WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN SHOW YOU SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583657 Below are some activities you can do to reinforce the concept of:

    Platformer Game
    1. The game which your child has created in class

    Detect Steep Slopes & Walls
    1. Create another game stage with various types of slopes and walls for your sprite to navigate
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583657     QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KID SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583658 You can review and check your child's understanding by doing the following:

    General Questions
    • What did you create in your Platformer game today?
    • How does the game work?
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583658     OVERVIEW SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583660 Today your child has learnt the following:
    • apply their previous knowledge from CT1 and CT2 to go to the next level in the Platformer game
    • create a level detector using the paint sprite tool
    • apply their knowledge of broadcast to send a message to change to different levels and game screens
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583660     CONCEPTS LEARNT SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583662 Navigating Levels
    • Create a level detector using the paint tool
    • Use the ghost effect to hide the line that split between different levels such that it is invisible to our eyes but the sprite can still detect it

    Game Screens
    • create start and end game screens using the costume function
    • create button effects
    • trigger the start of the game only when the start button is clicked
    • hide and show relevant sprites 
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583662     WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN SHOW YOU SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583665 Below are some activities you can do to reinforce the concept of:

    Navigating Levels
    1. The various levels that your child created

    Game Screens
    1. The start and end game screens that your child created
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583665     QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KID SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583666 You can review and check your child's understanding by doing the following:

    General Questions
    • What did you create in your Platformer game today?
    • How does the game work?

    Navigating Levels
    • Explain how sprite is able to navigate between levels

    Game Screens
    • Research the game screens of popular games that your child likes
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583666     OVERVIEW SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583668 Today your child has learnt the following:
    • apply their previous knowledge from CT1 and CT2 to create a Platformer game
    • understand the importance of planning a game
    • create their own platformer design
    • understand the concept of gravity and its importance in a platformer game
    • understand how velocity plays a role in creating gravity
    • apply the concepts learnt to make the sprite walk properly
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583668     CONCEPTS LEARNT SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583670 Game Planning & Design
    • Sketch and identify different game mechanics 
    • Upload a backdrop using the Scratch Library
    • Download the game assets from the link given
    • Upload the game assets using the “Upload Sprite” button

    Creating Gravity, Falling & Landing Effect
    • Apply their knowledge of Define blocks in Scratch to program the sprite to walk using the keyboard controls
    • Programmed the effect of gravity realistically
    • Optimize the game mechanics by wrapping around the sprites if it falls and removing ground life delay
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583670     WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN SHOW YOU SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583671 Below are some activities you can do to reinforce the concept of:

    Platformer Game
    1. The game which your child has created in class

    Game Effects & Mechanism
    1. Identify the different game mechanics in the game your child created
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583671     QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KID SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583672 You can review and check your child's understanding by doing the following:

    General Questions
    • What game did you create today?
    • How does the game work?
    • Revisit the concept of gravity

    Game Planning & Design
    • Why should we always plan before creating a complex game?

    Game Effects & Mechanism
    • Identify the various game mechanics in other similar Platformer games
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583672     OVERVIEW SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583673 Today your child has learnt the following:
    • apply their previous knowledge from CT1 and CT2 to create a Platformer game
    • understand the game mechanics of a sprite detecting objects and ceilings
    • apply their knowledge of functions, local variables and movement blocks to create a ceiling detection code
    • recall the different types of operators from CT1 and CT2
    • understand what are hitboxes
    • create a hitbox to allow for better detection of the environment
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583673     CONCEPTS LEARNT SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583675 Ceiling Detection
    • Create ceilings
    • Apply their knowledge of boolean and vertical velocity for the ceiling detection code 

    Hitbox
    • Understand the purpose of a hitbox
    • Create a hitbox for the sprite to create better and more efficient obstacle detection
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583675     WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN SHOW YOU SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583676 Below are some activities you can do to reinforce the concept of:

    Platformer Game
    1. The game which your child has created in class

    Ceiling Detection 
    1. Come up with 2 different sets of codes in scratch, one addressing the issue of ceiling detection and the other does not. Compare the differences with your child and get them to understand that without factoring in ceiling detection, the way the sprite behaves is unrealistic. Hence, there is a need for ceiling detection in their game

    Hitbox
    1. Create another stage of similar nature as the platformer game that was done in class and get your child to attempt to create and code a Hitbox on their sprite
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583676     QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KID SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583677 You can review and check your child's understanding by doing the following:

    General Questions
    • What did you create in your Platformer game today?
    • How does the game work?

    Concepts
    • Review the handle ground function and hitbox codes
    ]]>     2021-04-06 04:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1385583677     Lesson 1 Student Slides SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634650415 2021-07-02 07:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634650415 Lesson 2 Student Slides SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652159 2021-07-02 07:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652159 Lesson 3 Student Slides SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652510 2021-07-02 07:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652510 Lesson 4 Student Slides SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652586 2021-07-02 07:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652586 Lesson 5 Student Slides SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652689 2021-07-02 07:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652689 Lesson 6 Student Slides SaturdayKids https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652800 2021-07-02 07:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/SaturdayKids/codingimpossible3/wish/1634652800