Code Adventure Free Scratch Coding Activity

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   Go to the Scratch website: https://scratch.mit.edu/

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   Sign in or register for Scratch

   If you already have a Scratch account, click ‘Sign in’ and enter your login details. Otherwise click ‘Join Scratch’ and create your free Scratch account.

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   Open this starter file: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/918136173/

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   Click the “Remix” button to make your own copy

   
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   Start by clicking on the "Player" sprite to make sure it's selected.

   
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   Now drag some blocks in from the left to start coding...

   With these blocks we can move the player character up and down with arrow keys.

   
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   Next add these blocks for left and right movement.

   
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   Press the Green Flag and try using the arrow keys to move!

   
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   Next let's code the guards that our character needs to avoid.

   The first guard will walk back and forth forever.

   
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    Now select "Guard 2"...

    This guard will look in different directions over and over.

    
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    Time to test it out! Press the Green Flag.

    Do you see the guards start to move?

    
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    Let's code what happens when our player runs into the guards...

    This code will stop the game if the player gets caught by either of the guards.

    
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    Press the Green Flag again to test.

    What happens if you run into the guards?

    
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    Finally, we want to collect the key!

    This code checks to see if our player touched the key, and makes the key hide if so.

    
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    Awesome work! Click the Green Flag to play the full game.