Introduction:

In this project children will learn how to make a game, in which the player has to match up coloured dots with the corresponding part of the controller.

Resources

For this project, Scratch 2 should be used. Scratch 2 can either be used online at jumpto.cc/scratch-on or can be downloaded from jumpto.cc/scratch-off and used offline.

You can find a completed version of this project online, or it can be downloaded by clicking the ‘Download Project Materials’ link for this project, which contains:

• CatchTheDots.sb2

There is also a version of this project with the external resources pre-loaded. This is available online at jumpto.cc/dots-resources, or in the downloadable project materials, which contains:

• CatchTheDotsResources.sb2

This link also includes a ‘Project Resources’ folder, which contains images that children will need to complete this project. Make sure that each child has access to a copy of these resources.

Project resources:

• controller.svg;

Learning Objectives

• This project consolidates learning of previous programming skills learnt.

Challenges

• “Spinning left” - creating code to move the controller;
  
• “More dots” - creating more coloured dots that need to match the correct part of the controller’;
  
• “Faster moving dots” - using a variable to increase the speed of the dots throughout the game;
  
• “Improve your game!” - adding new dots that manipulate the score, delay and speed variables;
  
• “Game menu” - creating a menu, with various stage backgrounds and buttons for moving between them.