As we usher in 2019, we will see all sorts of new technological things. Leading the pack this year is Scratch 3.0. What is new in Scratch 3.0? I take a look at what is new and also let you know if you have an account, your work is still fine. Right off the bat […]
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Simple and clear is often not something you think of when you hear the phrase, software coding. I will give you a simple and clear explanation of coding and help you understand what it means to create software without going into details that often over complicate it. Let’s get it right out in the open
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We are surrounded by technology. Whether you think it is great or a distraction it really has crept into every part of our lives. Today we communicate with each other using smartphone apps, select movie from our couch after viewing a sprawling menu of movie theatre posters, order our gifts via websites without leaving our
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My daughter called out to me from our family room, “hey Dad, you have to see this scene from Stranger Things”! There is a character named Bob Newby, played by Sean Astin, telling another character that to hack into the system you need to know BASIC. BASIC is earlier programming language that many of us
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Whenever I meet new students wanting to learn how to code, I ask a simple question “have you ever coded?”. The answer is usually “yes” but quickly followed with a “well…sort of”. Some say “yes, I used Microsoft PowerPoint” and others “yes, I did web page design using HTML” and then others say “I learned
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Software coders from various generations all know that a good software project (app, game, enterprise software, etc) all start with a plan. When you study computer science or software development at a college or university you learn this thing known as the systems development lifecycle (it might make a great tattoo!). Analyze, design, develop,
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Gamefroot Tutorial – Attach A Script Attaching a Script to a Character Making your characters (also called OBJECTS) move and do various actions is important. Watch this video tutorial to see how you can attach a script to a character. Notice that once you build a SCRIPT, you can attach it to any object….or character.
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Gamefroot Tutorial – The HUD Working with the HUD (Heads Up Display) Gamefroot assets offers something called a HUD. A HUD gives you quick information. For this tutorial the HUD you work with a Health Indicator object. As with many games, you want to know the health status of your characters. This tutorial shows you
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Gamefroot Tutorial – Add a Game Sound Effect Add a Game Sound Effect Gamefroot is a great game building tool and gets even more fun with sounds. This tutorial is a bit more involved as you know work with coding blocks. Take a look at this tutorial as you now begin to step up your
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