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Scratch 2.0 Game Development Hotshot

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Scratch 2.0 Game Development Hotshot
Feb, 2014 | 330 pages
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Scratch 2.0 Game Development HOTSHOT
Scratch 2.0 Game Development HOTSHOT
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Blowing Things Up!
Blowing Things Up!
Mission briefing
Creating a new project
Starting scripts
Adding targets
Creating a parabolic shot
Creating a landscape
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
2
Beating Back the Horde
Beating Back the Horde
Mission briefing
Creating a background
Creating enemies
Creating cannons
Fighting back
Increasing the horde
Adding a base
Limiting resources
Winning the game
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
3
Start Your Engines
Start Your Engines
Mission briefing
Drawing a racetrack
Creating a kart
Building keyboard controls
Using a collision mask
Dealing with collision events
Adding a second player
Finishing the game
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
4
Space Age
Space Age
Mission briefing
Starting with the starter project
Adding scripts to Spaceship
Updating enemy sprites
Adding scripts to Spaceship Ammo and Enemy Ammo
Adding scripts to Shield and Shield Life
Meeting your Game Manager
Adding levels – three simple steps
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
5
Shoot 'Em Up
Shoot 'Em Up
Mission briefing
Creating a player character
Creating an enemy
Adding enemy patterns
Shooting those baddies!
Creating background images
Using parallax scrolling to simulate depth
Adding scores and power-ups
Tweaking and balancing
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
6
Building a Worthy Boss
Building a Worthy Boss
Mission briefing
Sending a message
Adding a test script
Creating the boss
Creating attack pattern 1
Creating attack pattern 2
Creating attack pattern 3
Making the boss more impressive
Defeating the boss
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
7
Creating a Level Editor
Creating a Level Editor
Mission briefing
Planning the level map
Drawing the level tiles
Preparing the tiles in Scratch
Creating a level generator
Creating a character
Creating a goal
Adding a bomb item
Adding the bomb effects
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenge
8
Dungeon Crawl
Dungeon Crawl
Mission briefing
Adding a knight
Adding a ghost
Creating a sword
Creating a bow and arrow
Tying up loose ends
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
9
Hunger Run
Hunger Run
Mission briefing
Understanding scrolling
Adding scripts to the brick sprite
Adding scripts to the food sprite
Adding scripts to the player sprite
Adding scripts to the Game Manager sprite
Tweaking the game
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
10
Sprites with Characters
Sprites with Characters
Mission briefing
Building the robot wireframe
Coloring it metallic
Performing final adjustments
Animating
Parting with a few tips
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenges
The New Scratch Interface
The New Scratch Interface
Mission briefing
Website overview
Creating an account and logging in
The Scratch editor layout
Creating and importing sprites
New script block categories
Saving and loading projects
Sharing the backpack feature
Some benefits and drawbacks of the new Scratch interface
Index
Index

About the Reviewers

Michael Badger has written several books for Packt Publishing including Beginner's Guide for Scratch 1.4 and Scratch 2.0. He writes a regular Scratch programming column for Raspberry Pi Geek magazine and frequently facilitates Scratch workshops for both parents and kids. To learn more, visit www.scratchguide.com.

Joshua Madara is a digital and electronic artist living in Seattle, Washington, where he enjoys doing esoteric things with computers. He has introduced Scratch to people of all ages through community centers, makerspaces, and online classes.

Mehul Shukla is one of the PlayStation® Mobile specialists in the SCEE R&D Developer Services Team. The Developer Services Team provides front line engineering support for all game developers, large or small, on all PlayStation platforms. On a daily basis he provides technical support and performance advice for developers all over the globe on the PSM community forums.

Mehul has also given technical talks about PlayStation®Mobile development at a number of Games Industry conferences and academic events.

Mehul joined SCEE R&D straight from University and has a Master's degree in Games Programming and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems Engineering.

Mehul has also worked on books titled PlayStation® Mobile Development Cookbook and Mobile Game Design Essentials, both published by Packt Publishing.

Joy Suliman is an educator and community facilitator who specializes in creating dynamic learning workshops with a creative technology focus for children and young people. Joy brings together her strong online skills with her diverse experience in learning technology, workshop facilitation, research, professional development training, online collections, regional outreach, and youth work to develop innovative, integrated learning programs, professional development workshops, and community engagement strategies for informal learning settings.

She has worked at Queensland University of Technology, the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Arab Council in Australia, ABC local radio, and the University of Wollongong.

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