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I am a teacher and I used Codea (lessons programming)
children (15yrs old): they find it super!
Children know already variables, constants, standard codea commands
Yesterday, they make exercises: moving objects.
The following lessons are about:
selection
iteration

You have any ideas for exercices ( for ex. Small games…)?
(Simple)

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@AnnSophie I’m glad this is going well for you, the most simple game I can think of would be to make a free-roaming snake, or air hockey if they have not yet learnt about for loops (iterations and the sort) or are learning them then it is a good exercise to learn how to make objects follow each other and interact with separate objects. I created a simple sine wave program for my first which let you set the wavelength, frequency and amplitude of a sine wave. All of these are simple in theory but I’m not sure how easy it is to put forward to a class full of over enthusiastic kids!

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You could have a fish tank and codea cloud loop through drawing each fish(this May need tables too)

4

Look in the 50 line challenge discussion on the competition forum topic. Lots of simple 50 line games there

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I agree with @MrScience101, My 50 Line Challenge Thread is a great Repo for beginners looking for a simple Idea

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I know you asked for project ideas but i just couldn’t help myself

@Ignatz has some wonderful tutorials at his webiste

The amazing @Reefwing has a giant tutorial (here) that goes through everything you need to know about utilizing Codea using one single game as its basis.

Now for project idea’s:

###A Quiz Game
… Is a great starting point and encourages the students to think about the different ways they can implement good user interaction

Example: Old School Math (made by a Student for Students @MichaelWeedmark)

###A Don’t Get Hit Game
… Is a good idea when teaching students about enemies and tracking in game entities

Example: Touchline (Made by our very own @frosty)

###A Free Faller
… isn’t a bad starting point, but it isn’t exactly a good one. Why am i recommending this then? Because if it’s fun to attempt something possibly out of your capability and you explore and learn a lot of things

Example: Ultradeep

Side Note: Can a mod please sticky @Jmv38 's awesome guide to forum post editing
found here

Cheers,
Codea is Awesome