Utah Creative Coding
- Level Middle School
- Contact Hours 85
- Timeframe Semester
Creative Coding is a first-semester course that introduces students to game design and programming. Through a guided and structured approach, students learn to design, develop, and publish games. Students also learn about major programming topics like variables, functions, conditionals, and mouse/keyboard events while building fun and interactive games that they can play and share with others. Learn more about p5play here: https://p5play.org/
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Intro to Game Design
Students reflect on their game-playing experience and learn more about major video game topics and categories. |
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Programming in JavaScript
Students learn the basics of JavaScript including variables, user input, mathematics, and functions. |
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Getting to Know p5play
Students learn about the JavaScript library p5play and how to use it to create the basic structure of an animated or interactive program. |
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Project: Mini Golf
Students incrementally develop a mini golf game, learning more about the p5play library and important computer science topics like booleans and if/else statements. |
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Project: Projectiles
Students incrementally develop a projectiles game, learning about new p5play library topics of Groups and Tiles, while improving their fundamental program development skills. |
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Project: Jumper
Students incrementally develop a platform jumper game, learning how to animate game components with sprite sheets, while improving their fundamental program development skills. |
Explore programs that your students will build throughout this course!
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Utah Creative Coding is aligned with the following standards
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