Global Video Game Designers Level It Up Workbook

Level Up Village V4.5.8 12-2016

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These Level It Up activities are in addition to the regular course material and can be done

at any point during the course during extra time or at home. The lesson numbers are just

a guide.

Lesson 1

This activity helps students to continue to develop their understanding the steps in coding

and how to find mistakes. One student is a “robot” and leaves the room while the other

students write the code symbols on a piece of paper. The “robot” student comes back into

the classroom and tries to follow the code to arrange the cups. Complete the first 3 cup

activity in class. Students can continue to practice if they have extra time with more

complex cup formations.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GicvIDJmzrg

Lesson 3

Remix the game that you didn’t remix during the class. Add a level or a new element.

Lesson 4-10

Create a game based on one of the games below. Add levels, scoring, and multiple players.

Start with the basic game and make it more complex changing sprites and backgrounds

too!

Lesson 9-10

Take Action in your community- Teach someone younger than you or much older than you

(like a grandparent) how to use Scratch. Design a game together. You can use the games

below to help you get started.

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Mario Run Game

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/2885305/#editor

Make these three backdrops…

Name them: background1, reiyvgtow, reiyvgtow1

Make these three costumes…

Name them: “Jumping”, “Walking1”, “Walking2”

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Make a Mario sprite,

called “Sprite1”.

Upload this image for

the sprite and name it.

Combine the following blocks…

Continued

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Make a Mushroom

sprite, called

“Sprite2”.

Upload this image for

the sprite and name it.

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Make a box sprite,

called “Sprite6”. Upload

the image to the right

and the Sprite should

look like it.

Combine the following blocks…

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Make a cloud sprite, called

“Sprite7”. Upload the

image to the right and the

Sprite should look like it.

Make a cloud sprite, called

“Sprite1”. Upload the

image to the right and the

Sprite should look like it.

Combine the following

blocks…

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Interactive Quiz

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9poysTmrA

Choose a backdrop. Add this code to the sprite of your choice.

Add a muffin and donut sprite. Add this code to the muffin sprite and duplicate the

muffin sprite as many times as you would like.

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Add this code to the donut sprite and duplicate the donut sprite as many times as you

would like.

Change the x and y for every block and every sprite to make them all move in different

directions.

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Maze Game

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJIq2HqxUUc

Draw the first maze background. Have there be a place to enter and a place to exit. The

exit should have an arrow pointing out.

Next draw a second maze background. Have an entrance where you walked in from the

first maze and at the end of the maze there should be a finish line that says “Win”.

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Duplicate background2 so

you have a third background

that is the same as the

second.

Draw a big solid square in the

middle and write “You Win” in

it.

Draw a new sprite that looks

like a coin. You can draw it big

and then use the select tool

to make it smaller so it fits in

the maze.

Go to the costume tap for

your cat sprite.

Shrink the cat down so it fits

in the maze.

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Press the little blue i next to

the cat sprite. Change the cat

sprite’s rotation style to the

dot.

Go to data and make a new

variable called “Score”.

Place your cat sprite at the beginning of the maze. Go to the scripts tab and write this

code for the cat sprite. Your go to x: y: should be the position where the cat begins the

maze.

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Write this code for the coin

sprite.

Duplicate the coin as many

times as you want there to be

coins on the first maze

background.

Move them to fit throughout

the first maze background.

Switch to the second maze

background.

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Duplicate the coin sprite

again one time.

Change the code so

backdrop1 and backdrop2 are

switched.

Duplicate this coin sprite as

many times as you want there

to be coins in your second

maze.

Place your coins throughout

the maze.