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Flying Fortress

Program the flying dragon to reach the gem while navigating through an aerial maze of paths and blowing fireballs at the flying airships

Flying Fortress Course

Intermediate Level
100% Online
6 Lessons
58 Activities
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Recommended for Ages 8+

iPad

No Prerequisites

What Kids Learn

  • advanced animation
  • advanced costume handling
  • advanced events
  • advanced loops
  • advanced motion
  • basic math
  • cloning
  • conditional loops
  • delays
  • detect conditions
  • direction and turning
  • function calls
  • functions
  • graphic effects
  • input/output
  • pattern recognition
  • screen bounds
  • sequencing
  • simple conditionals
  • simple costume handling
  • simple events
  • simple loops
  • simple messaging
  • simple motion
  • simple sound playing
  • text handling
  • visibility

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Direction

Program your dragon to fly on the right path to reach the gem.

10 Activities:

  • Forward
  • Go Further
  • Press Forward
  • Flying Islands
  • Avoid the castles!
  • Fly Forward Function
  • Color Your Dragon Example
  • Color Your Dragon
  • Dragon Land Example
  • Dragon Land

Motion

Blast the airships and move forward using pre-defined functions.

10 Activities:

  • More Fly Forward Function
  • Fireballs
  • Double Fire
  • Fire Repeatedly
  • Moving Obstacles
  • Forward Spiral
  • Train your Dragon Example
  • Train your Dragon
  • Tilt to Move Example
  • Tilt to Move

Functions

Navigate through the flying fortresses while evading the airships.

10 Activities:

  • Open spiral
  • Dodge
  • Dodge Left
  • Dodge Right
  • Dodge and Fire
  • Smart Fire
  • Buttons Example
  • Buttons
  • Where there be Dragons Example
  • Where there be Dragons

Function Library

Learn to use many functions together to make your dragon reach its goal.

8 Activities:

  • Better Smart Fire
  • Check for Airships
  • Loop it
  • Smart Dodge
  • Smart Fire and Smart Dodge
  • Modify Turn
  • Tilt Game Example
  • Tilt Game

Algorithms

Build algorithms with path detection and seth the direction to reach the gem.

10 Activities:

  • Smart Dodge and Smart Fire
  • Detect Path
  • Zig Zag
  • Get all Treasures
  • Moving Treasures
  • Zig Zag and Smart Fire
  • Draw a Maze Example
  • Draw a Maze
  • Borders Example
  • Borders

Finale

Debug the given functions and help your dragon seek it’s final treasure.

10 Activities:

  • Seek
  • Open Seek
  • Seek and Fire
  • Modify Seek
  • Modify Fly Forward
  • Treasure Hunt
  • Parallax Background Example
  • Parallax Background
  • Airships vs. Dragon Example
  • Airships vs. Dragon

advanced animation

advanced costume handling

advanced events

advanced loops

advanced motion

basic math

cloning

conditional loops

delays

detect conditions

direction and turning

function calls

functions

graphic effects

input/output

pattern recognition

screen bounds

sequencing

simple conditionals

simple costume handling

simple events

simple loops

simple messaging

simple motion

simple sound playing

text handling

visibility

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