Make Your Own Scratch Games

A playful, kid-friendly introduction to game development using Scratch, a visual programming language for making interactive games and animations. Author is a well-known professional game designer.Make Your Own Scratch Games! shows you how to make interactive games using Scratch, a beginner-friendly tool for making and sharing animated games online. Readers use Scratch's block-based programming language to design games from scratch using author's games as examples. Anthropy walks readers through game development process from start to finish, covering everything from mapping out a game's structure, creating animations, and debugging the end product. Readers will understand what makes designing video games challenging and fun, and feel ready to bring their own game ideas to life.

“"Recommended, for anyone wanting to get properly to grips with Scratch" -- Alun Williams, Electronics Weekly "This is a great book for STEM oriented kids" --Greg Laden's Blog”

“Recommended, for anyone wanting to get properly to grips with Scratch”
—Alun Williams, Electronics Weekly 

"This is a great book for STEM oriented kids"
—Greg Laden's Blog

Anna Anthropy is a video game creator and game historian. She is the author of Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, a guide to game design that encourages aspiring developers from all backgrounds to create games and contribute their unique voice to the video game industry. Her most recent book, ZZT, explores a shareware game from the early '90s and its lasting impact on developers everywhere.

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