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Animation Studio

Create animated cartoons just like the pros. Learn the basics of animation as you draw your own characters and bring them to life with code.You will use visual programming to control the speed and type of animation as you add animals, dragons, monsters, and avatars into your coding projects. Create a portfolio of fun projects including original animated games, cartoon strips, music videos, and interactive worlds to share with friends and family. No prior programming experience required.

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Beginner Level
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15 Lessons
76 Activities

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Recommended for Ages 8+

Web iPad

No Prerequisites

Tynker Code Blocks

Tynker's visual code blocks are a great way for beginners to code, without needing to remember how to type syntax. By dragging and dropping code blocks together, young coders can produce vividly complex programs and games in our proprietary app, which includes support for graphics, sound, physics, and more.

What Kids Learn

  • Conditionals
  • Detect Conditionals
  • Drawing Editor
  • Platformer Automations
  • Platformer Basics
  • Platformer Controls
  • Simple Animation
  • Three Scene Structure
  • Visibility Conceptsbility
  • advanced animation
  • advanced costume handling
  • advanced messaging
  • advanced motion
  • basic math
  • delays
  • detect conditions
  • direction and turning
  • input/output
  • sequencing
  • simple conditionals
  • simple costume handling
  • simple events
  • simple loops
  • simple messaging
  • simple motion
  • simple sound playing
  • visibility

How Kids Learn with Tynker

Kids learn on their own with a guided, hands-on approach that individualizes the learning experience. Tynker's online courses provide a complete learning system for your child to master the fundamentals of programming. Tynker's visual programming language makes it easy to learn, and once kids gain proficiency, they can seamlessly transition to Javascript coding within the Tynker learning system. Enroll in one of our plans for unlimited play across all courses.

Game-Based Learning

Tynker's self-guided lessons break down coding concepts while solving puzzles and making cool apps.

Interactive Assessments

Quick practice quizzes and assessment tests evaluate a child's comprehension of subjects taught.

Captivating Topics

There's always something to learn with multiple subjects, projects, and coding languages available.

System Requirements

Online courses require a desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet connection and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.

Introduction

Start coding with Tynker.

14 Activities:

  • What can you make?
  • Overview
  • Yummy Treat
  • Go Get It
  • Avoid the Rock
  • Repetition with Loops
  • Repeat the Pattern
  • Another Pattern
  • Sequenced Repetition
  • More Sequencing
  • Two Loops
  • Actors, Costumes, and Sound
  • Puppy Bark
  • Doggy Duo

Frame Based Animation

Use frame-based animation and make a whack-a-mole style game.

7 Activities:

  • Animation Concepts
  • Wake the Puppy
  • Morning Excitement
  • Hungry Puppy
  • Visibility Concepts
  • Strawberry Jam
  • Squishy Ants

Character Rigs and Animation

Animate Tynker Character Studio Actors

5 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Animate the Character
  • Say Hello
  • Simon Says
  • Knock-Knock Joke

Create a Scene

Use XY coordinates, actor rotation, and pointing to make a simple 1-scene story.

7 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Actors to Your Mark
  • Action!
  • Chocolate Cannon
  • Coordinate Craze
  • Jump Scare!
  • Boss Break In

Motion

Move, turn and use the mouse. Animate a Conga Line!

6 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • All Seeing Eye
  • Running Laps
  • Fetch
  • Conga Line
  • Dunkmaster

Advanced Motion

Make an Actor move with key presses.

7 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Rolling Eyes
  • Puppy Power
  • Race Car
  • Soaring Strawberry
  • A Maze-ing Puppy
  • Chocolate Tank

Messaging

Program buttons using send and receive messages.

7 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Synchronized Celebration
  • Chocolate Covered
  • Combat Training 1
  • Approach the Boss
  • Combat Training 2
  • Attack

Hitting the Mark

Combine messaging, motion and animation to make a story.

7 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Master Storyteller
  • Story Creator
  • Strawberry Rampage
  • Run Away
  • Lab Scene
  • Scene Based Story

Dynamic Storytelling

Make decisions with code; program a story with multiple endings.

4 Activities:

  • Asking and Deciding
  • Laser Pointer
  • Puppy Training
  • Choose Your Own Adventure

Advanced Animation

Speed up animations, make objects shrink, grow, or rotate.

5 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Time Lord
  • Twist and Shout
  • Gigantify
  • Dance-Off

Teen Dance Party

Learn how to use cool dance moves with the new Teen character rig!

2 Activities:

  • Teen Dance Party
  • Make your own!

Touchdown

Use all the techniques you've learned to create a football animation!

1 Activity:

  • Touchdown

Stealthy Thief

Create a multi-level obstacle game!

1 Activity:

  • Stealthy Thief

Field Runner

Create a Frogger-style obstacle game!

1 Activity:

  • Field Runner

Level Editor

Use the Level Editor tool to build a multi-level platformer game!

2 Activities:

  • Level Editor Introduction
  • Level Editor

Conditionals

Detect Conditionals

Drawing Editor

Platformer Automations

Platformer Basics

Platformer Controls

Simple Animation

Three Scene Structure

Visibility Conceptsbility

advanced animation

advanced costume handling

advanced messaging

advanced motion

basic math

delays

detect conditions

direction and turning

input/output

sequencing

simple conditionals

simple costume handling

simple events

simple loops

simple messaging

simple motion

simple sound playing

visibility

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