Cool Scratch Projects in Easy Steps

Sean McManus

ISBN 10: 1840787147 / ISBN 13: 9781840787146

Published by In Easy Steps Limited, GB, 2016

About this Item

Millions of children and young people worldwide are using Scratch to make their own games and animations.Following on from the success of Scratch Programming in easy steps, 2nd edition, Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps gives you great ideas to create computer games and other projects that'll impress your friends and family - and you'll have endless fun creating and playing them! The book provides step-by-step instructions for building projects that show off some of the cool things you can do with Scratch. It starts with two simple projects to get you started. Find out how to: Make a game with animated cartoon charactersBuild a drum machine and make random musicUse anaglyph glasses for 3D effects and 3D ArtDesign amazing mazes in a 3D environmentCreate your own stop motion filmsUse the ScratchJr app to create games and interactive stories anywhere using your iPad or Android tabletCool Scratch Projects in easy steps has projects for Scratch 2.0 on a PC/Mac and Scratch 1.4 on the Raspberry Pi, and includes a Raspberry Pi Camera Module project. Each project includes suggestions for customizing it, so you can make it your own!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cool Scratch Projects in Easy Steps
• Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited, GB
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840787147
• ISBN 13: 9781840787146
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Millions of children and young people worldwide are using Scratch to make their own games and animations.

Following on from the success of Scratch Programming in easy steps, Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps gives you great ideas to create computer games and other projects that’ll impress your friends and family – and you’ll have endless fun creating and playing them! The book provides step-by-step instructions for building projects that show off some of the cool things you can do with Scratch.

It starts with two simple projects to get you started. Find out how to:

Make a game with animated cartoon characters
Build a drum machine and make random music
Use anaglyph glasses for 3D effects and 3D Art
Design amazing mazes in a 3D environment
Create your own stop motion films
Use the ScratchJr app to create games and interactive stories anywhere using your iPad or Android tablet

Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps has projects for Scratch 2.0 on a PC/Mac and Scratch 1.4 on the Raspberry Pi, and includes a Raspberry Pi Camera Module project. Each project includes suggestions for customizing it, so you can make it your own!

A FREE pair of 3D/anaglyph glasses is provided with the print copy of this book.

About the Author

Sean McManus writes inspiring books about business and technology. His books include Scratch Programming in easy steps and Web Design in easy steps, and he has written for magazines including The MagPi, Raspberry Pi Geek and Internet Magazine. Sean is also a Code Club volunteer. He lives in the UK.