Introduction
Get familiar with Tynker, start coding using guided tutorials, solve puzzles, and create your own "Troll Chase" game project.
11 Activities:
- Introduction
- Intro Video
- Tutorial Intro
- Move The Valkyrie
- Pickups
- Puzzle Intro
- Cross the Desert
- Collect the medal
- Another medal
- Quiz
- Improve the Troll Chase Game
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
Start Screen and Controls
Start creating your very own top-down arcade game by making a start screen.
7 Activities:
- Introduction
- Concepts
- Control the Dragon
- Add a Start Button
- Learn to Fly
- Create a Game
- Quiz
Shoot Projectiles
Use repetition and screen edge detection to program projectiles and enemies.
6 Activities:
- Concepts
- Add Projectiles
- Program the Enemy
- Shoot the Planes
- Make New Enemies
- Quiz
Parallax Scrolling
Learn how to create the scrolling background for your game using sophisticated layering techniques.
7 Activities:
- Concepts
- Scrolling Background
- Layers
- Layer City
- Parallax Scrolling
- Level Change
- Quiz
Cloning
Learn how to make copies of enemy ships and lasers using clones.
7 Activities:
- Concepts
- Clone Projectiles
- Clone Enemies
- Helicopter Dogfight
- Create an Attacker Game
- 2-Player Battle
- Quiz
Variables
Begin learning about variables and how to use them to keep track of scores.
6 Activities:
- Concepts
- Local Variables
- Global Variables
- Super Helicopters
- Snowball Fight
- Quiz
Powerups and Effects
Learn how to create power-ups using variables and effects.
6 Activities:
- Concepts
- Creating Power-Ups
- Invincibility Power-Up
- Survive the Waves
- Power Up
- Quiz
Boss Battle
Combine your knowledge of cloning and variables to create a boss fight.
6 Activities:
- Concepts
- Boss Battle
- Boss Strikes Back
- You're the Boss
- Boss Rush
- Quiz
Finishing Touch
Finish your game by using variables to create a character selection screen.
5 Activities:
- Concepts
- Choose Your Dragon
- Add to the Top Down Arcade Game
- Build Your Own Top Down Arcade Game
- Quiz
