Coding with Scratch - Create Fantastic Driving Games

The QuestKids do Coding

Author: Max Wainewright Series: The QuestKids - In Easy Steps

Coding with Scratch - Create Fantastic Driving Games

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Teaches children how to create driving games on a computer using Scratch in a fun way, and in easy stepshis is a new title in the children’s series The QuestKids that is designed to make learning fun for children.This is the UK English edition.

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Coding with Scratch – Create Fantastic Driving Games will take you from Scratch basics through to creating your own fantastic driving games in easy steps. Each game comes with challenges to take you to the next level of coding. Even includes mods to make your games more exciting. Have fun and amaze your friends and family! You’ll learn how to:

Use code to make a series of driving games including parking, racing, scrolling and two-player games.

Design your own game levels, cars and tracks.

Use variables to keep the score and to store the speed in your games.

Add sounds and create your own code blocks and functions.

To create the games in this book, children will need a desktop computer or a laptop. The games require a proper keyboard so will not work well on a tablet or iPad. It is recommended that children should be supervised when using the internet, especially when using a new website.

This is the UK English edition.

About the Author

Max Wainewrightis a very experienced computing teacher and has taught in the UK and inSingapore. Max has worked with national government agencies and local councilsto support and inspect technology in schools. He teaches coding part-time in aLondon primary school, and runs an innovation group supporting other localschools. Max has a Computer Science degree and has significant experience ofworking in the EdTech industry. He co-founded one of the most successful smallUK EdTech companies, and developed award-winning software that has been used byover 90% of UK primary schools. He has provided his expertise as an EducationalSoftware consultant for major companies including Discovery and LEGO. Max haswritten dozens of books teaching kids to code. Many of these are top-sellers,reaching 100,000s of kids, and have been translated into over 20 languages.

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Coding with Scratch _ Create Fantastic Driving Games is a must for all fans of driving games, cars and anyone who wants to improve their coding. It shows how to: Use code to make a series of driving games including parking, racing, scrolling and two player games. Discover new coding techniques and how to design your own game levels. Create your own cars and tracks. Use variables to keep the score and to store the speed in your games. Add sounds and create your own code blocks and functions. Suitable for beginners but with lots of tips, challenges, and extensions for experienced Scratch coders. To create the games in this book, children will need a desktop computer or a laptop. The games require a proper keyboard so will not work well on a tablet or iPad. It is recommended that children should be supervised when using the internet, especially when using a new website.