Game Programming With Alice

A beginner's guide to creating games in ALICE

What you'll learn

Students will have a better sense of basic programming concepts

Learn program design, functions, logic, loops, recursion, and data structures

They will better appreciate storytelling through simulated environments

Gain insights into the ALICE scripting language

Requirements

This course does not require any prior knowledge or coursework. However, it will be helpful if you own a laptop or desktop have high-speed internet connection.

Description

Do you have a passion for video games? Ever wondered how you can create them? Well, wonder no more! Let us introduce you to the wonderful world of game programming. We will teach you step-by-step how to program using ALICE. What is ALICE you ask? Well, it is an easy-to-learn scripting language designed to create games and even animations. Learn how you can bring your ideas to life with this amazing language. This is a great course for newbies, no need for any prior programming experience!After taking the course, students will have a better sense of basic programming concepts such as program design, functions, logic, loops, recursion, and data structures. They will better appreciate storytelling through simulated environments. Furthermore, they will gain insights into the ALICE scripting language.The audience for this course is anyone interested in learning to program. If you have tried to learn before but felt intimidated by complex programming tools or could not understand cryptic computer languages, this course is for you. We will explain everything in plain English using a programming environment that was designed for beginners. This is your gateway to programming!This course does not require any prior knowledge or coursework. However, it will be helpful if you own a laptop or desktop and have a high-speed internet connection.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Installing Alice

Section 2: Section 2: Introduction to programming

Lecture 2 Lesson 2.1 : Why learn programming?

Lecture 3 Lesson 2.2 : What is a computer program?

Lecture 4 Lesson 2.3 : How can Alice help?

Section 3: Section 3: Our first virtual world

Lecture 5 Our first virtual world

Section 4: Section 4: Methods

Lecture 6 Lesson 4.1 : Working with methods

Lecture 7 Lesson 4.2 : Exercise

Section 5: Section 5: Working with events

Lecture 8 Lesson 5.1 : Event driven programming

Lecture 9 Lesson 5.2 : Exercise

Section 6: Section 6: Creating algorithms

Lecture 10 Lesson 6.1 : Flowcharts

Lecture 11 Lesson 6.2 : Exercise

Section 7: Section 7: Introduction to logic

Lecture 12 Lesson 7.1 : Creating logic based programs

Lecture 13 Lesson 7.2 : Exercise

Section 8: Section 8: Working with text and sound

Lecture 14 Lesson 8.1 : Exercise

Lecture 15 Lesson 8.2 : Exercise

Section 9: Section 9: Working with repetition

Lecture 16 Lesson 9.1 : Creating a recursive program

Lecture 17 Lesson 9.2 : Exercise

Section 10: Section 10: Working with data structures

Lecture 18 Lesson 10.1 : Creating lists and arrays

Lecture 19 Lesson 10.2 : Exercise

Section 11: Section 11: Movie making in Alice

Lecture 20 Lesson 11.1 : Learning the movie making process

Lecture 21 Lesson 11.2 : Exercise

Section 12: Section 12: Game programming in Alice

Lecture 22 Lesson 12.1 : Introduction

Lecture 23 Lesson 12.2 : Exercise

The audience for this course is anyone interested in learning to program. If you have tried to learn before but felt intimidated by complex programming tools or could not understand cryptic computer languages, this course is for you. We will explain everything in plain English using a programming environment that was designed for beginners. This is your gateway to programming!