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Scratch Christmas: Snowball Game

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Cover of Scratch Christmas: Snowball Game, a coding guide for building a snowball-throwing game in Scratch
Cover of the snowball game coding guide
Guide overview lists snowball design, control, throwing, smooth movements, targets, and three more sections
Overview and list of included coding sections
Snowball design lesson starts a blank Scratch project and creates a small snowball sprite with two costumes
First coding lesson: designing the snowball
Control lesson uses the mouse to aim the snowball and introduces a power variable increased with the spacebar
Adding aiming controls and throwing power
Throwing lesson broadcasts throw, moves the snowball using power, and hides the sprite at the stage edge
First throwing lesson: broadcast and movement
Second throwing lesson adds a forever loop for repeated shots and shows the snowball scripts developed so far
Repeated throws and the scripts built so far
Smooth movements lesson caps snowball power at 20, sets a slider range of 0–20, and subtracts 0.25 from power
First movement refinement: limiting power
Second smooth movements lesson checks whether power is above zero and adds downward motion with change y by -5
Power checks and downward snowball movement
Targets lesson adds a penguin sprite that says “Ouch! A Snowball.” for two seconds when touching the snowball
Adding a target and a response to being hit
Game difficulty lesson broadcasts new shot, randomizes the target’s x position from 1 to 200, and resets power
Changing target position and resetting power
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Scratch Christmas Snowball Game teaches students in grades 3-10 how to create a computer game using Scratch. Students will code an interactive game where the objective is to throw as many snowballs as possible within the time limit. The step-by-step tutorial guides learners of all skill levels through the process of animating sprite movements, keeping score, and adding fun holiday flair. Educators can implement this resource in computer lab sessions for individual or collaborative coding projects. Students enjoy the creative freedom to customize their games by changing the scenery, characters, sounds and more after completing the tutorial. This Scratch coding project promotes problem-solving, critical thinking, and computational skills across the STEM curriculum in an engaging way.

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