Topic outline

  • In this unit of Year 9 Complex students will create the game they have designed in either Scratch or Greenfoot and learn about the basic principals of programming. 

  • Basic Objects and Movement

    Lesson Focus - Introduction to the development environment.

    In today's lesson:

    • (4) All will be able to create a new actor and add them to the stage. 
    • (5) Most will be able to move them around the stage in a controlled manner. 
    • (5) Some will be able to experiment with direction and multiple actors.

  • IF Statements

    • You will all be able to explain IFs and have added one to your game – level 5. 
    • Most of you will add Random Turning behavior – level 6. 
    • Some of you will add Random turn amounts in both directions – level 7.

  • Eats

    • All students will create a new actor class for power ups – level 5. 
    • Most will add interacting code so their player can ‘eat’ the power ups – level 6. 
    • Some will refine their code into methods with comments – level 7.

  • Rest Day 1

    • Complete ALL the objectives so far. 
    • Understand the theory from previous lessons: 
      • Classes Objects Methods Ifs Random Numbers 
    • Using images we like we will have created a theme that we are happy with.

  • Good Skills

    Our games are getting increasingly complicated and will continue to do so. Today: 

    • Everyone will learn about commenting code and comment theirs – level 5. 
    • Most will improve their code with methods – level 6. 
    • Some will use the DRY principal to independently create another new actor that eats their player! – level 7.

  • Enemies

    • Everyone will create a new enemy actor using the DRY principal – level 5. 
    • Some will use their knowledge to create power-downs or other artefacts that can enhance game play – level 6+.

  • Keyboard Control

    • Most will add keyboard control to their games.

  • Scores

  • Game Over

  • Publish