• A good introduction to Scratch-like programming
  https://blockly-demo.appspot.com/static/apps/maze/index.html and
  https://blockly-games.appspot.com/bird
  and generally
  https://blockly-demo.appspot.com
  and
  https://blockly-games.appspot.com
• a self-learning tutorial by http://kinderlabor.ch: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/23844258/ : learn in 5 minutes how to create a racing car game.
• an italian book for learning scratch in school: http://deagostiniscuola.deascuola.it/primaria?layout=book&ref=41&book=11847
• in bearbeitung: http://wiki.scratch-dach.info/wiki/Scratch-Wiki:Scratch_Buch
• http://www.bluelion.ch/de/startups/kinderlabor/
• http://ilearnit.ch/de/scratch.html
• http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/25176511/
• http://digitale-schule-bayern.de/dsdaten/285/51.pdf
• http://www.swisseduc.ch/informatik/programmiersprachen/scratch_werkstatt/
• http://learnscratch.org/
• http://www.tibs.at/content/scratch-grundz%C3%BCge-des-programmierens-spielerisch-erlernen
• snap!, a browser based (html+js) alternative to scratch.

Key is pressed and character moves several steps. Sprite moves only if key is pressed/held

• moving on a grid

How the character can move in different directions.

Key is pressed and character starts moving in a given direction. Sprite moves after releasing a key.

The "on start" loop:

• Initialize the position, the direction and the speed
• Forever:
  • Move speed steps
  • Stop if it hits a wall

Set the speed and direction with "on keys" events:

• The up and down keys increase / decrease the speed
• The left and righ arrow let the car turn by 10°

[a.l.e]

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YoGkwV7D9c a good 15 min tutorial on jumping

1. Jump upwards
2. Jump diagonally

1. When wall is hit, stop the character
2. When wall is hit, bounce the character

Based on pong

The paddle: just moves horizontally to the mouse (setx)

The ball:

• Two "on start" scripts
  • go to the start position, point to 45°, then bounce on wall and move 10 steps forever
    
  • forever do: if touching paddle, turn 160°-200° and move 10 steps
    
  • Idea for a starting point: give a pong with paddle and ball with the ball bouncing to the wall but not to the paddle

another example: bricks game (with changing color)

When object is hit, do some interaction a. change color b. send message c. move

As a result of some event an object can be created and thrown

How often is a key pressed in some short amount of time. Eg. for olympic games: if there are enough presses per second, then the character moves faster

Change costumes when character moves. Change direction of a character during movement.

1. The character can be increased permanently (eg. Mario)
2. Sprite can pulse several times to catch attention
3. Sprite can shake either to sides or with small turns

This may be needed for several players

Eg. 3 2 1 Start

I am not sure if it is possible and would consider it a secondary target.

This can be useful for "go to right" games.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YoGkwV7D9c a 15 min tutorial on jumping