Make your own Scratch games! / Anna Anthropy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anthropy, Anna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Programming--Juvenile literature.

Video games.

Video games--Design--Juvenile literature.

Scratch (Computer program language)--Juvenile literature.

Scratch (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : No Starch Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Learn to make interactive games with Scratch—the beginner-friendly, block-based programming language from the MIT Media Lab! Anna Anthropy, game designer extraordinaire, will show you how to do everything from building a game map to creating animations and debugging the end product. Take a peek inside the history of video game design, learn programming basics, and turn your ideas into creative games that you can play and share with your friends. Learn how to: •Draw characters like a hungry, leaf-eating bug •Animate characters—make them walk, jump, climb, and fall! •Create objects for your player to collect and obstacles to avoid •Design multiple levels to create a cave exploring platform game •Create sound effects and music for your games •Share your games online and use player feedback to improve your games Isn’t it time to Make Your Own Scratch Games ? The world is waiting!

Contents:

Leaf me alone! : Scratch basics

Weird bug chowdown : collecting items and avoiding obstacles

Hatlight : a cave exploring platform game

Designing levels

Creating sound effects

Where to go from here.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781492071280

1492071285

9781593279370

159327937X

OCLC:

1107052685