CS1 - 1314 - November

Wednesday - Friday (11/27/13-11/29/13)

• Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday (11/26/13)

Agenda:

• Demonstrate a completed game that makes use of the webcam
• Winter Holiday Assembly

Friday (11/22/13)

Agenda:

• Demo a game that makes use of the camera (examples below)
• Camera Collector Game
  1. Copy your Dodge game
  2. Integrate camera blocks so that your player is controlled by the camera (you can push the player back and forth)
  3. Change the gameplay so that you need to collect items that are falling
  4. Every time you collect an item, your counter should increase
• Camera Target Game
  1. A ball should bounce around the screen and you can interact and bounce the ball using the camera
  2. A target should be at one area in the screen
  3. A timer should count down from some number
  4. Every time the ball hits the target, you get a score increase
  5. If the ball is off target and goes "out of bounds" you decrease your score
• Camera Whac-a-Mole Game
  1. Copy your Whac-a-Mole game so you do not lose it
  2. Instead of having a mallet follow the mouse around, people in the camera will hit the moles
  3. Change the gameplay such that when somebody in the camera smacks a mole, the mole disappears and points are given

Wednesday (11/20/13)

Agenda:

• Demo completed Dodge game
• Scratch & the webcam
  • Turning on the Camera
  • Camera transparency
  • Motion and direction on the sprite
  • When motion > # block
• Camera Collector Game
  1. Copy your Dodge game
  2. Integrate camera blocks so that your player is controlled by the camera (you can push the player back and forth)
  3. Change the gameplay so that you need to collect items that are falling
  4. Every time you collect an item, your counter should increase
• Camera Target Game
  1. A ball should bounce around the screen and you can interact and bounce the ball using the camera
  2. A target should be at one area in the screen
  3. A timer should count down from some number
  4. Every time the ball hits the target, you get a score increase
  5. If the ball is off target and goes "out of bounds" you decrease your score

Monday (11/18/13)

Agenda:

• Demo your completed Dodge game

Thursday (11/14/13)

Agenda:

• Work on Dodge game
• Be sure to add advanced features when you have completed the Dodge game

Tuesday (11/12/13)

Agenda:

• Demo any missing Whac-A-Mole game
• Review Scratch - Cloning
• Wait until block
• Health meter notes
• Work on Dodge game - be sure to use cloning
• CS Student Pages

Thursday (11/7/13)

• Complete and demo Whac-A-Mole game
• VA Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment
  • Pretest - Complete the VA WRS Benchmark Test (53 mins)
  • Complete the VA WRS Skills Pre-test
  • Submit your score to Mr. Bui through the survey
• Read Scratch - Cloning
• Experiment and play with cloning

Monday (11/4/13)

Agenda:

• Demo missing assignments
• Work on Whac-A-Mole game