Y6 Create a Scratch game

Young coders competition

This year’s theme is ‘My World, Our Planet’. We are looking for participants to create a reactive game which encourages children to take care of natural resources and improve the environment. The opportunities are endless and you are in charge of creativity!
Think about the content of your game, we are looking for something engaging, fun, interactive and reactive!

Project pack

• Young coders competition project pack

• You can enter individually or as a team of 2-6. 

• You must design a reactive computer game using Scratch based on the theme My World our Planet
• The game needs to comply to the PEGI 7 rating. More details on the PEGI rating system can be found via the PEGI website below: What do the labels mean?

• After you have finished making your game, you must submit it to your teacher. Make sure instructions for the game, notes and credits are included. 
• To submit your game you need your teacher to submit it here with your name, team name and a link to your Scratch game.

The judging criteria are as follows:

Functionality and innovation (50%)	Marketing (25%)	Community responsibility (25%)
Does the game work as intended?Is the game easy to use?Is the game imaginative?Is the game reactive?Does the game include original and well written code?	Aesthetics of the game – Does the game display correctly and look nice?Creativity and design of your game’s namePresentation of your game	Is your game accessible for its target audience? I.e., is it suitable for the age range you built it for?How does your game address the theme of Keeping yourself and others safe?

Idea generation

1. Look at different types of games that can be made with Scratch – scroller, platform, maze, choice – can you find or think of any other types?
2. Come up with some ideas of games to fit the theme – the more ideas, the better
3. Share ideas with others, form teams or decide to work on your own.

Next steps…

• Create game brief/plan
• Decompose elements
• Decompose code

LF Decompose your game idea

1. Fill out this form: Y6 Scratch game
2. If time, start to create characters and backgrounds in Scratch
   1. If you are working in a team, how can we transfer sprites from team members to the project?
   2. Do shared class accounts work?