mBlock Simple Game Instructions - Creating a simple game of lives and points
Sprite 1 (The Cat)
Make the Panda move back and worth
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Events ->> When Flag Is Clicked
Control -> Forever
Motion ->> Move 10 Steps (inside Forever)
Motion ->> If On Edge Bounce (inside Forever)
Constrain motion: Click on the "I"
" beside your M-Panda icon. Then click on the arrow going
left-right to constrain rotation to left and right facing only.
6. Looks -> Next Costume (inside Forever)
If you want, you can make the Panda bounce at angles by going back to the "I" from Step 5 and locating
the circle with a dark line. That line represents
represents the direction the Panda calls "front". Just left
left-click it and
hold the mouse button while rotating it like a clock-hand
clock
to any direction you want. Try making it point
diagonally.
Sprite 2 (Player Sprite or Sprite 2)
Create a new Sprite to be the Player Controlled Sprite and give it Button Control
Pick a new Sprite from the file.
1. Events-> When Space Key Pressed (change Space to Right Arrow)
2. Motion -> Point in Direction 90 (click dropdown to make sure it says (90) Right)
3. Motion -> Move 10 Steps
4. Events -> When Space Key Pressed (change Space to Left Arrow)
5. Motion -> Point in Direction 90 (click dropdown to make sure it says (-90) Left)
6. Motion -> Move 10 Steps
7. Events -> When Space Key Pressed (change Space to Right Arrow)
8. Motion -> Point in Direction 90 (click dropdown to make sure it says (0)Up)
9. Motion -> Move 10 Steps
10. Events -> When Space Key Pressed (change Space to Right Arrow)
11. Motion -> Point in Direction 90 (click dropdown to make sure it says (180) Down)
12. Motion -> Move 10 Steps
Make Sprite 2 Lose Lives if it touches m-Panda
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Data&Blocks ->> Make a variable
a. Call it "Lives"
b. Make it for all sprites
2. Events ->> When Flag Clicked
3. Data&Blocks ->> Set Lives to 0
a. Change the 0 to 3 (or whatever lives you want to
start with
4. Events ->> When Flag Clicked
5. Control -> Forever If
6. Sensing ->> Touching (change dropdown to Sprite 1). (Put
this as the Forever If condition)
7. Data&Blocks ->> change Lives by 0 (change the 0 to -1)
8. Looks ->> say "Hello" for 2 seconds.
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(Change "Hello" to "Ouch!". Change 2 to 1)
Stage
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Click on the Backgrounds Tab
Change the name of background 1 to START
Click on Paint
Click on the big T and type "YOU LOSE" in the middle
of the screen, then click OK
Change the name of background 2 to LOSE
Click on the Scripts tab
Events ->> When Flag Clicked
Looks ->> Switch to background. Make sure the
dropdown says "START"
Events ->> When Flag Clicked
Control -> Forever if
Operators ->> (greater than sign). Put this into the
condition for the forever if.
Variables -> "Lives". Put this into the left side of the
greater than sign.
Click on the right side box of the greater than sign. Type 1.
Looks ->> switch to background. Change the dropdown to "LOSE"
Control -> stop all
You have now made it so that if the cat touches your player sprite 3 times, you lose and the game stops.
Now add the following:
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A third sprite that is the food you need to catch
This food sprite moves like the Cat.
When the player sprite touches the food, you gain a point (the point variable increase
increases by 1)
When you get to 3 points, the Stage changes to the WIN screen and the game stops.
When you start the game again, points goes to 0.