Software coders from various generations all know that a good software project (app, game, enterprise software, etc) all start with a plan. When you study computer science or software development at a college or university you learn this thing known as the systems development lifecycle (it might make a great tattoo!). Analyze, design, develop, […]
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Gamefroot Tutorial – Attach A Script Attaching a Script to a Character Making your characters (also called OBJECTS) move and do various actions is important. Watch this video tutorial to see how you can attach a script to a character. Notice that once you build a SCRIPT, you can attach it to any object….or character.
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Gamefroot Tutorial – The HUD Working with the HUD (Heads Up Display) Gamefroot assets offers something called a HUD. A HUD gives you quick information. For this tutorial the HUD you work with a Health Indicator object. As with many games, you want to know the health status of your characters. This tutorial shows you
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Gamefroot Tutorial – Add a Game Sound Effect Add a Game Sound Effect Gamefroot is a great game building tool and gets even more fun with sounds. This tutorial is a bit more involved as you know work with coding blocks. Take a look at this tutorial as you now begin to step up your
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Growing up in the 1970’s and 80’s, I saw the rise of video games. The large coin operated video game machines were new and exciting. Couple that with Star Wars and you have one interested kid…me. I found myself saying “I want to build that.” when I looked at the game screen or watched a
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Scratch Tutorial – Create Your Scratch Account Create Your Scratch Account New to Scratch or “Block Coding”? Watch our block coding overview here to see what we mean. If you are just starting off learning to code, try using Scratch. Watch this video tutorial to create your user account which then allows you to share
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Scratch Tutorial – Learning to Move Part 1 Learning to Move (Part I) New to Scratch or “Block Coding”? Watch our block coding overview here to see what we mean. If you are just starting off learning to code, try using Scratch. Watch this video tutorial to see how simple it is to get a sprite
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Scratch Tutorial – Learning to Move Part 2 Difficulty: Intro This is a continuation of having your sprite (aka the Scratch the Cat graphic) move across your scene. Notice there are other BLUE blocks under the MOTION category. Try them out. Don’t worry YOU WON’T BREAK ANYTHING! Go Back to Part I NEXT: Basic Loops
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Scratch Tutorial – Using Basic Loops (Repeat) Difficulty: Intro This tutorial demonstrates how you get an action or activity to repeat using a programming concept known as a loop. Loops are great when you need something to happen over and over again. You can control how many times a loop will occur or you can
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