Begin Programming: Build Your First Mobile Game
Take your first steps into the world of computer programming and learn how to build your own mobile game in just five weeks. You’ll be introduced to the basic constructs and the principles behind computer programs, as well as the building blocks that are used to create them. Using the same tools as industry professionals, you’ll create algorithms to solve problems and translate them into code. Each week you’ll put into practice your new-found skills by changing the game code provided in the course, creating a game unique to you.
What topics will you cover?
Week 1:
- An introduction to the course, programming and the development environment for building the mobile game.
- Setting up the software
- Setting up the testing environment for your game
Week 2:
- Debugging and operators.
- Different data types and variables
- Introduction to operators
- Applying variables and operators to the game
- Modifying the game to change the speed of the ball and moving the ball to a position specified by user.
Week 3:
- Conditional statements and comments.
- Array variables and looping constructs.
- Modifying the program to make the ball stay on the screen and adding a control paddle for the user.
- Modifying the game to include multiple target objects for the ball to bounce from. The target objects are implemented using arrays and accessed using ‘for’ loops.
Week 4:
- How to decide which algorithm is required to solve more complex tasks.
- Considering which algorithm to implement, to modify the game.
- Functions or methods – separate parts of a program.
- Modifying the program using functions to replace any repeated code.
Week 5:
- Consolidation of the course – analysing the game.
- Considering the process behind implementing another game.
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