Computer Coding Games for Kids: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Building Your Own Computer Games

Computer Coding Games for Kids: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Building Your Own Computer Games is a simple visual guide to coding for children. It uses the Scratch programming language and a numbered, step-by-step approach to help readers build eight games.

Key details

• Step-by-step visual format with numbered instructions
• Teaches beginners how to code using Scratch
• Includes guidance for building eight games
• Covers single-player and multiplayer game projects
• Requires a desktop or laptop computer and an internet connection to download Scratch

Synopsis

This guide walks readers through creating a range of Scratch-based computer games, including platformers, mazes, brainteasers and races. Along the way, it explains essential coding and computer science concepts as each project is built, tested and customised.

It also supports STEM education goals by showing how to plan and design projects, test and improve prototypes, reason logically, communicate ideas and think creatively, while making games to play with friends and family. The book forms part of DK’s computer coding books, which use exercises and expert guidance as an introduction to computer programming.