Introduction:

In this project children will learn how to make a game, in which the player controls a spaceship that can fire lightning bolts at enemies.

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:

• CloneWars.sb2

Learning Objectives

• This project consolidates learning of previous programming skills learnt, and demonstrates how sprites can create clones of other sprites, and how multiple clones can be used as projectiles.

Challenges

• “Fixing the lightning” - using a wait block to reduce the frequency of the lightning;
  
• “Lives and score” - creating lives, score and highscore variables;
  
• “Improve your game” - adding extra enemies, health packs, etc.