Game Design with Snap!

Grade 6-8
Maze Game
Maze Demo Project

Move the ball though the maze using the keyboard keys: up arrow, down arrow, left
arrow and right arrow keys
Objectives of this lesson
Lessons Time Objective

Demo project 10 min Watch a project that they will create

Creating The Maze 10 min Create the setting

The Player 15 min Learn to handle events to make the

player move

Bumping on the walls 10 min Learn conditional blocks to check if a

the player touches the wall

Exiting the maze 10 min Finish the game

Game Design
- How many backgrounds?
- How many sprites? How many costumes?
- Do you need any variable for your game?
- Anything else?
Creating the Stage of the game
2

1. Click on the “Paint a new

costume” button 2. Select the Vector Mode
3. Pick the color of the wall 4. Pick the Rectangle Tool 5. Drag Rectangles

4
3
Creating your player sprite

Import the costumes you would like for your player

Initialize the player at the start of the game
 Horse

Events…. waits
for
stall
Event door
to
open

When you start a race you wait for

the trigger to sprint off

Red traffic light signals stop

Green signals go
Make your player move Events

Action
Avoid the walls

Conditional:
If…...something is true…… then …...do this…….
The Exit Door