PixelPAD Python Game Development Guide: Role Playing Game (Middle School Edition)

What Is This Book?This book is designed to be for middle school students that will guide them through step-by-step instructions to create a Role Playing Game.PixelPAD Python Game Guide aims to challenge kids to express themselves, create, think critically, solve problems, and most importantly have fun!In this book that is part of the PY(Python) series, students create a Role Playing Game, which is a simple top down 2D game where students learn how to make a game similar to popular titles such as Zelda. Students create a world with various characters, items and challenges.Each book in this series includes the main content, course goals, learning outcomes, extra activities, glossary, and challenge questions.Who is it for?This book is designed for Middle School Students, recommended 10+Why Should Kids Learn Python?Python is an expressive and beginner friendly programming language that brings amazing ideas to life! Compared to the majority of languages, Python's syntax is concise and is similar to writing in English. It is also one of the most popular coding languages to learn and is considered to be the language of choice for data science, machine learning, and AI (Artificial Intelligence) .Course Goals & Learning OutcomesStudents have an understanding of how to make large world games and have the ability to modify code to add new features to a game in PixelPAD. Students finish with a full role playing game with challenges and a large world. This book is specially designed to give a basic understanding of computer coding to beginners and aims to teach:Computational Thinking & AlgorithmsStudents have an understanding of how to manipulate variables algebraically and through computation on the PixelPAD platformStudents have an understanding of commenting and how to comment their code on PixelPAD and PythonStudents are able to write readable and properly structured codeStudents understand the concept of a function f(x) in the context of the PixelPAD environment such as roomset('room') , collisioncheck(self, 'obj') Students are able to create arrays in code and store or retrieve information from these arraysCreativityStudents are able to generate a full world with their own characters, who can interact and talk with the playerStudents can implement a narrative in the world they have createdStudents can create items to provide the player with extra abilitiesPrototyping, Testing and DebuggingStudents are able to read the console, find errors and fix basic errors themselvesConstructionStudents will have the ability to make a full project in PixelPAD, with little support of an instructorCommunication & CollaborationStudents will be able to read and understand other students code, even if different from theirsStudents can reflect other students work and have other students reflect their work