Catch The Egg Game Lesson - MakeCode

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A game to catch eggs in a basket.

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Variables

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Prior learning/place of lesson in scheme of work

Learn how to create a catch the egg game game with ||led:plot|| , ||led:unplot||, and ||input:acceleration|| to turn on and off LED lights on the screen.

Documentation

The blocks used in this lesson:

let x = 2; led.unplot(0, 0); basic.forever(() => {}); x += 1; led.plot(0, 0); basic.pause(300); input.acceleration(Dimension.X); Math.min(0,0); Math.max(0,1); randint(0, 4); game.addScore(1); game.score(); game.removeLife(1);

Objectives

• learn how to create a variable as a place where you can store data so that you can use it later in your code, accessible across functions and in nested code blocks
• learn how to repeat code in the background forever
• learn how to turn off a LED light on the LED screen
• learn how to turn on a LED light on the LED screen
• learn how to learn how to conditionally run code depending on whether a condition is true or not
• learn how to learn how to get the acceleration value (g-force), in one of three specified dimensions
• learn how to return the smaller of two numbers
• learn how to return the larger of two numbers
• learn how to return a random number
• learn how to return the modulus
• learn how to show a number of the micro:bit screen
• learn how to pause your code for the specified number of milliseconds

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