Lesson 1 - Felix and Herbert
You control Herbert with the mouse and try to avoid getting caught by Felix. The longer you avoid him the more points you score, but don’t get caught because your score will go down!

Covers: Changing costumes and appearance, Keeping and setting the score, Broadcast messages

Challenges
Do after completing the instructions:

1. MANDATORY (-30 if missing): Change the sprites images to be different characters
2. OPTIONAL: Add background sounds to make the game more interesting. What else can you add to make the game more fun? 
   

Lesson 2 - Ghostbusters
This project is like the game Whack-a-Mole. You get points for hitting the ghosts that appear on the screen. The aim is to get as many points as possible in 30 seconds! 

Covers: Setting a variable, Loops, Keeping and setting the score

Challenges
Do after completing the instructions:

1. MANDATORY (-30 if missing): Add more ghosts!
• Duplicate the ghost by right-clicking it in the sprite list.
  
• For each ghost adjust the size of the sprite so the ghosts are different sizes.
  
• For each ghost change the speed variable so that they fly at different speeds.
  
• Move the ghosts around the canvas so that they are not all together. 
2. OPTIONAL: 
• Make the ghosts look different and be different sizes
• Make the smaller ghosts faster and worth more points 

Lesson 3 - Fireworks

In this project, we’ll create a fireworks display over a city. These concepts can be easily used to move bullets to specific locations in your games.

Covers: Responding to clicks, Changing the appearance of sprites, Playing sounds, Broadcasting and receiving events, Coordinates

Challenges

1. OPTIONAL: 

• Try and make some rockets slower or faster than the others
• Try and make each explosion more unique by changing the size and speed of growth for the explosion 

Lesson 4 - Fish Chomp

Guide the large Hungry Fish and try to eat all the prey that are swimming around.

Covers: Moving sprites, Controlling sprites with the mouse, Changing costumes, Collision detection, Sprites reading other sprites’ state, Keeping and changing scores

Challenges
Do after completing the instructions:

1. MANDATORY (-30 if missing): 
• Make one of the prey move more slowly than others 
• Add a score tracking how many lobsters you eat
• Add a countdown. How many lobsters can you eat in 30 seconds?  
2. OPTIONAL: 
• Make one of the prey always point away from the hungry fish
• Award a large bonus score if you can eat all three lobsters at the same time
• Modify the game so that, instead of you controlling a fish that tries to eat the others, you control one prey in a sea with lots of Hungry Fish. 

Lesson 5 - Flappy Parrot
In this project we’ll make our own version of the highly popular mobile game Flappy Bird. Press the space bar to flap and try to navigate through the gaps in the pipes! 

Covers: Sprite animation, cloning, collision detection, cloud variables, coding gravity. 

Challenges
Do after completing the instructions:

1. MANDATORY (-30 if missing): 
• Add a high score for all users using a cloud variable
• When the player loses make Flappy fall off the bottom of the screen before ending the game.