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Knights vs. Zombies Course

A fast-paced introduction to programming for middle school. Introduce programming fundamentals to your class as they build two arcade-inspired games from start to finish. The Adventure Game features a knight who has to defeat enemies to reach treasure. Students program arrow keys, fluid motion, hero and enemy behavior, and winning conditions. Topics Covered: Events, keyboard and mouse interaction, conditional loops, nested loops, sending and receiving messages, fluid motion, parallax scrolling, local and global variables, functions, and object cloning.

Intro to Coding - Ages 12+ Course

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62 Activities

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Recommended for Ages 11+

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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

  • actor properties
  • advanced animation
  • advanced costume handling
  • advanced events
  • advanced loops
  • advanced math
  • advanced messaging
  • advanced motion
  • basic math
  • basic motion
  • conditional loops
  • conditional wait
  • delays
  • detect conditions
  • direction and turning
  • function calls
  • functions
  • input/output
  • layers
  • pattern recognition
  • program control
  • screen bounds
  • 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.

Red Baron's Adventure

Help Red Baron navigate through the desert and collect the medals.

12 Activities:

  • Cross the Desert
  • Collect the medal
  • Turn. Forward. Turn...
  • Another medal
  • Staircase
  • Conditional Loop
  • Detect a path
  • Turn to the left
  • Left Spiral
  • Another staircase
  • Right, Forward?
  • Zigzag

Animated Motion

Learn about Tynker basics, such as adding animation, movement, and sounds by building an adventure game.

8 Activities:

  • Introduction
  • Concepts
  • Forest Scene
  • Get to the Treasure
  • Train the Knight
  • Treasure Run
  • Monster Mash
  • Quiz

Actor Positioning

Learn how to hide and show actors, as well as move them using X and Y coordinates.

6 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Spooky Scene 1
  • Spooky Scene 2
  • Tear Down This Wall!
  • Hide and Seek
  • Quiz

Motion and Tracking

Learn how to navigate an Actor with the arrow keys.

6 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • The Knight Moves
  • The Knight Attacks
  • Castle Maze
  • Maze Level
  • Quiz

Conditional Loops

Learn how to specify an Actors costume and use the Forever If loop.

6 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Looping Knight Moves
  • Knight Attack Functions
  • Zombie Survival
  • Animation Control
  • Quiz

Show and Hide

Learn to show and hide Actors using conditionals.

6 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Hide the Ghost 1
  • Hide The Ghost 2
  • Defeat the Ghosts
  • Wizard vs. Zombies Game
  • Quiz

Actor Properties

Learn how to turn actors, use operators and check the properties of other actors.

6 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Deflect the Fireball 1
  • Deflect the Fireball 2
  • Defeat the Trolls
  • Fireball Tennis
  • Quiz

Nested Loops

Learn how to use nested loops to give the actors multiple lives.

6 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Multiple Lives 1
  • Multiple Lives 2
  • Let There Be Lives
  • Boss Battle
  • Quiz

Messaging

Finish the game by using broadcast blocks to add a win screen.

6 Activities:

  • Concepts
  • Open the Gate
  • Win Screen
  • Add to the Adventure Game
  • Build Your Own Adventure Game
  • Quiz

actor properties

advanced animation

advanced costume handling

advanced events

advanced loops

advanced math

advanced messaging

advanced motion

basic math

basic motion

conditional loops

conditional wait

delays

detect conditions

direction and turning

function calls

functions

input/output

layers

pattern recognition

program control

screen bounds

sequencing

simple conditionals

simple costume handling

simple events

simple loops

simple messaging

simple motion

simple sound playing

visibility

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