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Turing's Tower Course

Welcome to Turing's Tower Course, an intro to coding - ages 9+. A steampunk-styled platformer game. Scour the globe and repair a flying tower to fight off a giant robotic dragon.

A Steampunk Platformer Adventure Course

Beginner Level
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1 Lesson
56 Activities
Solve Turing's Tower Explore steampunk-styled worlds Support your avatar with code! Dive bombers! Easily program your own games! Carve a path through the Arctic Explore caves beneath the planet’s crust Dive into the ocean’s depths

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  • Learn game design as you play a game
  • Complete 40+ coding activities
  • Code your way through an adventure
  • Receive bonus tutorials as you progress
  • Explore game design techniques

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Turing's Tower

Navigate your way through Turing's Tower

56 Activities:

  • Create Your Character
  • Escape the dragon
  • Enter the Tower
  • Tower
  • Add Actors
  • Next Costume
  • Click the Mouth
  • Come Alive
  • Steam Breath
  • Flying Tower
  • Password Please
  • Go to Actor
  • Crystal Rush
  • Call Function from Another Actor
  • Call Functions of Two Different Actors from Another Actor
  • Enygma Dragon
  • Finale
  • Ice World
  • Burning Flame
  • Flickering Flame
  • Animate the Propellers
  • Platform Repeat
  • Purple Follows Mouse
  • Robot Claw
  • Controlled Platform
  • Green Melts Walls
  • Catch the Crystals
  • Click to Move Wall
  • Click to Move Wall with Else
  • Dive Bombers
  • Underwater World
  • Repeat While
  • Degrees and Rotation Style
  • Minefield Maze
  • Pen Down/Up, Stamp, Clear
  • Color Effects
  • Shield Generator
  • Layering
  • Sounds
  • Maze Runner
  • Change x/y
  • Random
  • Night Mission
  • Underground World
  • Click the Crystal
  • Click the Crystal 2
  • 3 Cannons 1 Tower
  • Give him health
  • Global Variables
  • Laser Attack
  • Two Platforms
  • Drag the Crystals
  • Meteor Shower
  • Drill
  • More Drills
  • Functions and Parameters

Costume Handling

Detect Condition

actor properties

advanced animation

advanced events

advanced math

advanced messaging

advanced motion

basic math

color detection

conditional loops

delays

detect conditions

direction and turning

function calls

function parameters

functions

graphic effects

input/output

layers

music and instruments

pen color

pen shade

pen size

screen bounds

simple conditionals

simple costume handling

simple drawing

simple events

simple loops

simple messaging

simple motion

simple sound playing

simple variables

variables

visibility

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