Coding is… hard. I am not the best with technology already, but I find making things with technology is very difficult. Especially because I can’t see what I am doing while I do it, I just have to work out a big chunk of coding and THEN test it out!
I liked Scratch for making this game, as I have used it before. I tried to find this really horrible game I made back in elementary school (the game below!), but I think it got taken down because it was designed to crash computers (whoops!). I did find this game I made at the time as well though, which is not very good! I wanted to make a new game (the game above!), something I didn’t try my first time with Scratch. For this, I chose a Searching game, where you have to find objects and click on them to win the level. However, I could not figure out how to make the game “end” when all objects are clicked – or even do anything after that! I wanted the game to wait until all objects with in the pink box to the left, but it greatly depended on the player doing things in a specific order, which was not feasible to rely on. If you do select the objects in the order: Baseball, Key, Present, Guitar, then the game will move to the end screen, but it won’t move on if they are ‘found’ in any other order, which is annoying but could be my own error. After finishing my game, I think I like Scratch for coding – especially for people who are new to coding. It is simple but doesn’t walk you through it too much so there is still learning that can be done. I also found it good for improving problem solving skills, as you have to find and fix your own errors in the game when they appear – no one is there to know what you’re trying to make the game do! For me, coding has never been super important, and I can see myself going my whole life not really understanding it and being fine, but future generations may rely more on it. With the new technologies coming up every day, the younger generation are much more likely to run into coding in their future lives than I am! Overall, I definitely prefer to play games to making them!
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Cheyenne Miller
3/19/2024 11:42:39 am
Hi Paige!
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Dallas Thody
3/19/2024 03:47:52 pm
I totally agree with what Cheyenne said! This is very very impressive. I applaud the effort you are putting into this!!
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AuthorMy name is Paige Belcourt and I am currently a student a the University of Regina. I am working towards a degree in Secondary Mathematics Education with a minor in French, as well as a certificate in inclusive Education. Archives
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