Your Own Game

Now you have mastered the basics of Code Arcade, how about trying something of your own. You are going to have to design, implement and evaluate your game. The document below will help you do this. Your teacher may give you a copy of this document via Google Classroom

Think about classic computer games as an idea. How about:

• Pacman – take the maze you did earlier and add ghosts that chase you

• Asteroids – rocks fly across the screen and you must dodge them or destroy them by firing at them. For more challenge, when you hit a rock, it breaks into smaller rocks

• Jumpman – you must jump from platform to platform. If you don’t have enough speed, you will fall to your death. Use the sprites acceleration attribute to simulate gravity

• Or make something similar to one of the games you’ve made already if you aren’t as confident – just change the setting of the game

This game will show everything you have learned about creating games with MakeCode Arcade. Your teacher will let you know what level they hope to see you achieve.

To make a level 2 game, show:

• You can design a game and make decisions about what will be included in the game

• You can make a game that includes a variable

• There is an end to the game, when the player wins or loses depending on the game

• You can reuse elements from some of the games you have created already

• You can evaluate your game and say how good it is

To make a level 3 game, show:

• You can design a game and make decisions about what will be included in the game

• Your game processes user input correctly

• The different sprites in your game interact – for example something happens when sprites collide

• You can make a game that includes many variables and the values change during the game

• Your game includes functions

• You can correct any errors and bugs you discover in your game

• Your game matches your design

• You can evaluate your game and say how close it is to your original design