Sweigart, Al,

Scratch programming playground : learn to program by making cool games / by Al Sweigart. - xxiii, 262 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Getting up to speed with Scratch -- Rainbow lines...in space! -- Maze runner -- Shooting basketball hoops with gravity -- A juicy block breaker -- Snaaaake -- Fruit slicer -- Asteroid buster...in space! -- Making an advanced platformer.

An introduction to the colorful drag-and-drop programming language shares numerous projects that use engaging video games, from Maze Runner to Breakout, to introduce programming fundamentals and basic coding. --Publisher.

Ages 8+.

9781593277628 1593277628

2016022304


Scratch (Computer program language)--Juvenile literature.
Computer games--Programming--Juvenile literature.
Computer programming--Juvenile literature.
Microcomputers--Programming--Juvenile literature.
Computer games--Programming.
Computer programming.
Microcomputers--Programming.
Scratch (Computer program language)
Scratch (Computer program language)
Computer games--Programming.
Computer programming.
Microcomputers--Programming.


Juvenile works.

QA76.73.S345 / S94 2016

005.13/3