Kids Coding Workshop

Like playing video games? Now you can have fun making your own!

In this workshop you’ll learn how to use Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu) to navigate a character around a level on a platform game to collect things. Scratch is a drag and drop programming environment that allows you to create your very own projects!

We’ll start from the basics, teaching you how to design and draw your own background, character and objects within the game. By the end of the workshop you will have one level completed, which you can carry on working on at home.

Each workshop ticket is for one child. Parents and guardians accompanying children are welcome to stay during the workshop.

In this workshop you will learn:
How to draw your own character.
How to move a character around on the screen using the arrow keys.
How to create objects for the character to pick up
Basics of game logic such as detecting when you’ve hit a wall, or platform or have reached the end.
How to upload and play your game online.

To attend this workshop you will need:
Please bring your own laptop for the workshop. We will be using the online browser based version of Scratch so do not worry about installing anything before the workshop.