Coding Games in Scratch: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Building Your Own Computer Games

This book has been keeping my daughter engaged for hours trying out the samples in Scratch. She was able to follow the instructions and write a pac-man like game. She seems to love it - and we are hoping that it helps her with her logic formation skills!

This is really great book with unique game ideas and guide to make it. Each block use is clearly explained. This is book can be referred by students who knows how to use scratch. Next level to develop games. Great work Loved your work and effort

Good for kids who don't want to read. Good explanations with lots of pictures. My kid enjoys a lot creating games and have started publishing in his profile.

my daughter enjoys it and she made several projects for the school. Awesome way to introduce kids to programming

Buy if you want your kids to Lear programming

Good book for initiating your child into computer language and coding

using this boo keven my 10 year old son able to create his own game. now he is less keen to see cartoons on tv

I bought for my nephew he loved it!

Aquest és un llibre que dóna idees de jocs per programar amb Scratch. Ofereix un plantejament inicial, els elements necessaris i com cal enfocar cadascun dels jocs. Comença amb jocs senzills, fins i tot per aprendre Scratch, i continua amb altres de més complexos.

I have a number of children. My oldest son is 10 and has been constantly bugging us for something to do. We can never seem to get him enough books and audio-books from the library. We homeschool our children using a self-teaching based curriculum. I installed Scratch ahead of time because we don't allow open access to the internet in our home. With that part taken care of my son was able to open the book and build his first game in one evening without any help. All through dinner he talked about the different parts of his game. As a programmer myself I understand all too well that there is a difference between building something with direct instruction and understanding enough to create on your own. My son has been working on his second game (one he jumped to at the end of the book) for a couple of days now. The book seems to do a good job of explaining the logic behind the code in a way that he can understand. I have no doubt that once he has a few more projects under his belt my son will be able to build something on his own without instruction. I have enjoyed programming since I was young, but never quite knew where to go in order to learn at that young of an age. I am glad that these types of resources are available for my children. Maybe neither my oldest son or any of his siblings will work in computer programming as adults, but I know that the ability to understand logic and reasoning will benefit them no matter what they do. If you are starting with a younger child you may want to start with the "Coding with Scratch Workbook" in order to introduce the concepts more slowly. This book has been a perfect starter for my older child. It doesn't get him outside the way I'd like, but at least he is intellectually engaged and excited!

Apenas iniciamos con la lectura y ejecución de este libro, yo estaba buscando ejemplos un poco ménos complicados para niños que van iniciando, este libro tiene ya un nivel intermedio y a menudo los niños necesitan de ayuda y apoyo para llevar a cabo los temas, lo cual no es tan malo, En mi caso son para una niña de 6 y un niño de 8 años, el niño avanza y entiende major que la niña por la edad, por otro lado los ejemplo son divertidos y entretenidos pero requieren más tiempo de lo que un niño pequeño puede dar en atención.

This is the best coding book I have ever brought. I work in a primary school and run a coding club the children have loved making these games and found it enjoyable and educational. It is so easy to follow with step by step instructions to make each game and then ways to tweak it to make it better. 10 out of 10.