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Our first step to add a score to our program is to reopen our project from yesterday. We need to work with the Ball object, so we will double click on the ball object. Now on the far right there is a tab for score. Selecting the score tab makes the objects that work...
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Today we will add actions to our Ball. First we need to reload our program from our saved file. You should then be back where we left off. If you can’t see the list of objects on the left, use the plus sign to the side of objects to expand it and then double...
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Now we get to start adding actions to our objects. Yeah! First you will need to reload where we left off. You should have Sprites, Objects, and your Room set up. Our objective is to move the bat left and right with the left and right arrow keys. Set up from Part 4...
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Today we are going to continue working on our game of Breakout. It will take shape by the end of this activity and be ready for us to add actions to the objects. Start by reloading the project that you saved at the end of the last Part. You should see your Sprites...
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Today we are going to move on to creating the object to go with our sprites (graphics). The object will later be associated with actions. (Like making the ball start moving. Objects are one of the choices on the left. If you have saved last time and are coming back...
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