Video Game
Development
Lesson 1
OCT 23, 2025
Zio Li
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What is a video game that you love,
and what do you think goes into Think…
making it?
Think about characters, levels, and how
you play the game... Toda
y, we are going
to start our jou
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Vocabular
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Scratch: A programming language Stage: The background area in
and online community where you can Scratch where sprites move and
create your own interactive stories, interact.
games, and animations.
Block: A piece of code in Scratch that
Sprite: A character or object in controls sprites and the stage.
Scratch that performs actions. (repeat or jump back after they have
interacted with the platform)
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Let’s open our game-
programming platform -
1. Open Scratch site, linkScratch!
is: [Link]
2. Creating your individual Scratch accounts using the student email
addresses.
Remember your password!
Write it down in your notebook if you aren’t sure.
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Step Instructions
3. Identify the key areas of Scratch:
Block palette (left)
Coding area (center)
Stage (top right)
Sprite list (bottom right)
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Coding area Stage
Block This is where you assemble the code for
your sprites. This is where your project runs — you
palett You drag blocks from the block palette and can see your sprites move, change, and
interact.
snap them together like puzzle pieces to
e all the coding
This is where
create scripts. It shows what your animation, story, or
game looks like in real time.
blocks are located, organized You can click the green flag to start and
by categories such as the red stop sign to stop.
Motion, Looks, Sound,
Events, Control, Sensing,
Operators, and Variables.
You drag blocks from here
into the coding area to build Sprite list
your program.
Shows all the sprites (characters or
objects) in your project.
You can select a sprite to edit its code,
costumes, or sounds.
Also includes buttons to add new
sprites or backdrops.
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Step Instructions
4. Create your new project and name it.
5. Let’s watch the tutorial video on the website together!
6. Try to assemble some basic blocks as the tutorial
showed, and explore a little bit!
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Step Instructions
7. Explore Scratch interface - dragging different blocks
into the coding area and clicking them to see what they do.
8. Try adding a sprite from the library and change the
backdrop to get a feel for the customization options.
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Step Instructions
9. Always remember to save the projects before logging
out.
10. And remember to log out after each session to
maintain account security!
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Vocabular
y
Scratch: A programming language Stage: The background area in
and online community where you can Scratch where sprites move and
create your own interactive stories, interact.
games, and animations.
Block: A piece of code in Scratch that
Sprite: A character or object in controls sprites and the stage.
Scratch that performs actions. (repeat or jump back after they have
interacted with the platform)
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Summary - What have you
learned today?
1. Using scratch! Knowing the different areas of the platform
2. Create and name a project under your account! (remember to have your
account and password in mind - don’t lose it!)
3. Use the sprite library and assemble blocks freely (feel free to watch more
tutorials on the site and make more advanced projects!)
4. Save the project before logging out! This is important.
5. Exit the account when you are on a public or school’s computer, always
remember~
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After class question
to think about:
what kind of game
do you want to
make?
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Wishing you
all the best!
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