4.1.4

Writing Your Own Program: Input, Outputs, Design

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Designing a ‘basketball’ game

Imagine you are making a basketball game. You need to think about how the game will look, the inputs, the outputs, and the parts of the game.

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What will it look like?

  • You will want to make your game attractive to the player.
    • You might want to make it look like a bird's-eye view of a basketball court.
    • The game should have a simple design.
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What is the input?

  • The input is how the player will use the game.
    • What will the player need to do with the keypad, mouse, finger, etc. to control the game?
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What is the output?

  • The outputs of the game are everything the game should do.
    • The ball can be moved with the red and blue boxes.
    • The ball should bounce off the walls.
    • If the ball hits the basket, you should add points to the team's score.
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What are the parts of the game?

  • The parts of the game are the different components you can see, hear, or feel.
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Parts of the game: examples

  • Parts of the game are:
    • the background design
    • the ball
    • the movement of the ball and hands
    • the bounce of the ball off the walls
    • the point-scoring
    • the effects (e.g. sound)

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1Using Computers

1.1Computers as a Tool

1.1.1Uses of Computers

1.1.2More Uses of Computers

1.1.3Advantages of Information Technology

1.1.4More Advantages of Information Technology

1.2Data

1.2.1Storing Data

1.2.2Databases

1.2.3Sorting & Filtering Data

1.2.4Interrogating Data

1.3Plagiarism & Illegal Sharing

1.3.1Plagiarism

1.3.2Copyrighted Content

2Networks & the World Wide Web

2.1Networks

2.1.1Parts of Networks

2.1.2The Internet

2.1.3The World Wide Web

2.2Searching Online

2.2.1Searching the World Wide Web

2.2.2Searching Tips

2.2.3Reliable Information

2.3Protecting Yourself Online

2.3.1Your Digital Footprint

2.3.2Being Safe

2.3.3Online Safety

2.3.4Viruses

2.3.5Malware

2.3.6People Online

2.3.7Your Feelings

2.3.8Getting Help

3Computational Thinking

3.1Computational Thinking

3.1.1Computational Thinking

3.1.2Decomposing Tasks

3.1.3Algorithms (1/2)

3.1.4Algorithms (2/2)

3.1.5Logical Reasoning & Debugging

4Computer Languages

4.1Coding

4.1.1Code

4.1.2Programs

4.1.3Writing Programs

4.1.4Writing Your Own Program: Input, Outputs, Design

4.1.5Turning an Algorithm into an App (1/2)

4.1.6Turning an Algorithm into an App (2/2)

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Writing Programs

Turning an Algorithm into an App (1/2)