Creative Computing: Badges

To earn badges, students must meet the requirements outlined below. Mentors can review student work and award badges (see Awarding Badges for more info).

Explorer Badge

Step-by-step

• Student was able to create a dancing cat in the Step-by-step activity

10 Blocks

• Student used all 10 blocks in their project

Debug-It!

• Student solved all debug-it problems

About Me

• Student made use of sprites, costumes, looks, backdrops, and sound
• The project is interactive (users can interact with one or more elements)
• All blocks are connected to an event block (eg "when flag clicked" or "when sprite clicked")

Animator Badge

Prerequisite: Explorer Badge

Build-a-band

• The project makes creative use of sounds
• Sprites are interactive (users can interact with sprites)
• All blocks are connected to an event block (eg "when flag clicked" or "when sprite clicked")

Orange square, purple circle

• Project includes custom-drawn sprites, one with an orange square and another with a purple circle
• Project usess different looks and motion blocks on each sprite (eg, change effect)
• All blocks are connected to an event block (eg "when flag clicked" or "when sprite clicked")

It's Alive!

• Project shows use of costumes
• Student used blocks to animate the costume change
• All blocks are connected to an event block (eg "when flag clicked" or "when sprite clicked")

Debug-It!

• Student solved all debug-it problems

Music Video

• Project combines sprites and sounds
• Project makes use of costumes
• Project makes use of motion blocks, custom blocks, sound blocks, and control blocks
• Project is interactive
• All blocks are connected to an event block (eg "when flag clicked" or "when sprite clicked")

Storyteller Badge

Characters

• Project includes at least two sprites that each have two behaviors using the "Make a Block" feature
• Custom block not just defined, but is also "called".
• Student can explain how to use the "Make a Block" feature in their reflections
• All blocks are connected to an event block (eg "when flag clicked" or "when sprite clicked"), or a define block.

Conversations

• Student uses original idea for the conversation between the two sprites
• Project uses the "broadcast" and "when I receive" blocks correctly
• Student can explain how to use the "broadcast", "broadcast and wait", and "when I receive" blocks in their reflections.
• All blocks are connected to an event block (eg "when flag clicked" or "when sprite clicked"), or a define block.

Scenes

• Project successfully coordinates multiple scenes using backdrops
• Project uses blocks from the "Looks" and "Events" category
• Project uses the "when backdrop switches to..." event block
• All blocks are connected to an event block (eg "when flag clicked" or "when sprite clicked"), or a define block.

Debug-It!

• Student solved all debug-it problems

Game Designer Badge

Keeping Score

• Student was able to make a "score" variable that increases with every fish chomped
• Student used the "show variable" button to show the variable on the screen

Starter Game

• Student created one of the 3 game options (Maze, Pong, or Scroller):
• Maze:
  • The character can be controlled using the keyboard
  • The character cannot pass through walls
  • Something happens when you reach the goal, such as "you win!"
• Pong:
  • The paddle can be controlled using the keyboard
  • The ball bounces off the walls and the paddle
  • If the ball touches the floor area the game stops
• Scroller
  • The character moves up when the space key is pressed, and falls down on its own
  • The game infinitely scrolls "bars" with gaps in them toward the left
  • If the character touches a bar, the game stops

Extensions

• Student implemented 3 or more extensions from the extensions list into their game (score, levels, timer, enemies, rewards, mouse, restart, menu, or multiplayer)

Interactions

• Student solved all 9 interaction puzzles

Debug It!

• Student solved all Debug-It! problems