The KidCoder: Game Programming curriculum is the second semester course in the KidCoder series. Your student will never be more excited about another course! Completion of the introductory KidCoder: Windows Programming material is a pre-requisite.
Sept 7th, 2010: Due to a large volume of orders this past weekend, we are temporarily out of stock on KidCoder: Game Programming. New stock will arrive this week and we will resume shipping on Friday Sept 10th. You may place your order as normal, but be aware of this shipping delay. We apologize for the inconvenience!
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Great Feature - Instructional videos are available - see below!
This fun course will teach students how to create games with the Visual Basic programming language. Students will actively participate in the coding of several different games while learning game programming techniques.
Topics Covered:
- Game design concepts
- Drawing shapes on the screen
- Responding to keyboard clicks and mouse movements
- Displaying and animating images
- Object position, movement and acceleration
- Collision detection
- Playing music and creating sound effects
- Artificial "game" intelligence
- Saving and loading games
- Game Physics
- Printing screens to the printer
Instructional Videos!
Would you like additional visual aids beyond what can be found in the Student Textbook or Teacher's Edition? Instructional videos (or "Screencasts") for both student and teacher are currently included free with printed product orders!
Each student video will walk through the activity starter projects explaining the code provided to jump-start the students on a particular task. Each teacher video will describe an activity solution provided in the Teacher's Edition. Instructional videos are not required for successful completion of this course! All activity starter code and solutions are fully commented independently of the instructional videos. However many enjoy hearing a real programmer described each aspect of the code while watching the program come to life on the screen!
See our FAQ for details on how to play the instructional videos.
Package Deals! Buy the KidCoder: Year Pack containing both Windows and Game Programming titles together to receive a discount!
