🎮 Scratch Summer Games Bootcamp

Learn Game Creation in 4 Weeks!

📋 Course Information

Ages 6-10 years
Duration 4 weeks (25 sessions)
Format 2 per week + 1 intensive
Outcome 3 complete games

🎯 What You'll Learn

Kids will learn programming basics by creating fun, playable games! No coding experience needed. We focus on fundamentals: making things move, detecting clicks, keeping scores, and building complete games from scratch. Each session builds one real game that kids take home and play!

🎮 WEEK 1: Start Simple - Your First Game Mechanics

SESSIONS 1-2

Meet Scratch & Make Things Move

What You'll Do

  • Create your Scratch account
  • Meet the Scratch interface
  • Make a sprite (character) move
  • Control it with arrow keys
  • Make it walk around the screen

You'll Create

  • Character that moves smoothly
  • Control with 4 arrow keys
  • Screen boundaries
  • Background scenery
SESSIONS 3-4

Add Sound & Look Effects

What You'll Do

  • Add sound effects to movement
  • Change sprite costumes (animation)
  • Make character say things
  • Change colors and effects
  • Add simple backgrounds

You'll Create

  • Walking animation
  • Sound effects per action
  • Character dialogue
  • Visual effects
SESSION 5 (90 MIN INTENSIVE)

🎮 BUILD YOUR FIRST GAME: "Click & Catch"

Game Idea

Items fall from the top. Click them to catch them. Each catch = 1 point. Get 10 points to win!

What You'll Code

  • Falling items from top
  • Click detection
  • Score counter
  • Win message

🎮 PROJECT 1: Click & Catch Game

Mechanics Click items to catch
Scoring +1 per catch
Goal Get 10 points
Time to Build 1 session

⏰ WEEK 2: Add Logic - Games With Rules

SESSIONS 6-7

If/Then: Make Games Smart

What You'll Do

  • Learn "if this happens, do that"
  • Detect when sprites touch
  • Change scores based on events
  • Create win/lose conditions
  • Make different things happen

You'll Create

  • Collision detection
  • Score increase/decrease
  • Win condition message
  • Game over screen
SESSIONS 8-9

Loops: Repeat Actions

What You'll Do

  • Make things repeat forever
  • Create enemy patrol patterns
  • Make animations smooth
  • Spawn multiple items
  • Create continuous actions

You'll Create

  • Patrol enemies
  • Continuous item spawning
  • Smooth animations
  • Wave spawning
SESSION 10 (90 MIN INTENSIVE)

🎮 BUILD: "Simple Platformer" - Jump Game

Game Idea

Jump across platforms to reach the flag. Avoid falling down. Make it to the top to win!

What You'll Code

  • Gravity system
  • Jump mechanic
  • Platform collision
  • Game over logic

🎮 PROJECT 2: Simple Platformer

Mechanics Jump & move
Goal Reach the flag
Challenge Multiple platforms
Time to Build 1 session

🗺️ WEEK 3: Build Your Own - Creative Gaming

SESSIONS 11-12

Maze & Navigation Games

What You'll Do

  • Create a simple maze
  • Detect walls (no walking through!)
  • Create multiple paths
  • Add maze challenge
  • Design tricky layouts

You'll Create

  • Playable maze game
  • Goal marker (exit)
  • Multiple difficulty mazes
  • Timer optional
SESSIONS 13-14

Collection & Quiz Games

What You'll Do

  • Create collectible items
  • Track collections
  • Build quiz questions
  • Check answers
  • Keep score

You'll Create

  • Collection counter
  • Quiz with 5 questions
  • Right/wrong feedback
  • Final score display
SESSION 15 (90 MIN INTENSIVE)

🎮 BUILD: "Maze Adventure" - Your Creative Choice

Pick Your Game Type

  • Dodge falling items
  • Navigate a maze
  • Collect items
  • Answer quiz questions

What You'll Make

  • Complete working game
  • Your own design
  • Your custom sprites
  • Playable & fun

🎮 PROJECT 3: Student's Choice Game

Your Design You pick the type
Your Graphics Your sprites/colors
Your Rules You set how to win
Time to Build 1 session

🏆 WEEK 4: Polish & Showcase Your Games

SESSIONS 16-18

Make Your Games Better

What You'll Do

  • Add sound effects
  • Add background music
  • Make animations smoother
  • Add special effects
  • Test & fix bugs

You'll Improve

  • Sound for every action
  • Music in background
  • Smooth animations
  • Visual effects
  • Bug-free gameplay
SESSIONS 19-20

Practice Playing & Test Everything

What You'll Do

  • Play each other's games
  • Find any problems
  • Test difficulty
  • Give feedback
  • Make improvements

Goal

  • Perfect games
  • Bug-free
  • Fun to play
  • Ready to show
SESSIONS 21-24

Create Your ULTIMATE Game

Use Everything You Learned

  • All mechanics from course
  • Your own creative ideas
  • Multiple levels or stages
  • Sounds & effects
  • Polish & test

Result

  • Professional-looking game
  • Your unique creation
  • Ready to present
  • Friends & family can play
SESSION 25 (120 MIN)

🏆 DEMO DAY - Show Your Games!

You Will

  • Demonstrate your games
  • Explain how you made it
  • Answer questions
  • Play friends' games

You'll Get

  • Certificate!
  • Game links to share
  • Recognition
  • Celebration! 🎉

🎮 FINAL PROJECT: Your Ultimate Game

What It Is Your best game ever
Skills Used Everything learned
Polish Sounds, effects, smooth
Time to Build 4 sessions

🎓 What You'll Know How to Do

📚 3 Real Games

Click & Catch, Platformer, Your Choice

💪 Real Skills

Logic, design, problem-solving

🎉 Big Celebration

Demo day with friends & family

📜 Certificate

Proof you're a game creator!

✨ Why This Course?

No boring lectures! Every session you BUILD a real game. By week 2, you have a complete, playable game. By week 4, you have YOUR OWN game that you designed. We focus on fundamentals, not complex theory. You learn by doing, playing, creating, and having FUN! 🎮