Retro Arcade For Education

Students create a classic shoot-em-up arcade game. A player-controlled aircraft fires projectiles upward while enemies spawn from the side every second. Students learn sprite control, button-triggered attacks, collision detection, score incrementing, and a 3-life health system.

Students upgrade the Aircraft Battle game from Case 01 by replacing button controls with the built-in accelerometer — tilting the device steers the aircraft. Students add the controller extension library, map accelerometer X/Y axes to screen coordinates, auto-fire bullets every 300ms, and spawn enemies every 1000ms. Introduces physical sensor input mapping.

Students build a coin-collecting game on a green background. The player must collect coins before a 3-second countdown expires — each collection resets the timer. Students practice random food positioning, overlap detection, score incrementing, and countdown timer management under pressure.

Students build a survival game where the player must reach a jewel to win while avoiding monsters that spawn every two seconds. Contact with plants triggers instant game over. Students implement background design, hazard mechanics, enemy AI spawning, a 3-life system, and win/loss conditions.

Students learn to control a character's lateral movement and jumping within a custom tile-based scene. They configure Y-axis gravity and velocity, implement a camera that follows the sprite, and build a scrolling platformer foundation. Focuses on scene creation and physics-based movement.

Building on Case 05, students add map traps and a goal endpoint. Touching plants along the path ends the game; reaching a gem at the end triggers a win. Students design a hazard-filled platformer level with meaningful challenge, failure states, and a satisfying victory condition.

Students create a Pac-Man style mini-game where the player collects food items under a countdown timer. Eating the first food item starts a 3-second clock; each additional item resets it. Students apply directional button controls, boundary detection, collision detection, score tracking, and timer logic.

Students create an animated scene of a bird leaving its nest in a tree. Every 1000ms, projectile birds launch from the tree sprite in random directions at random speeds. Students explore sprite creation, timed game events, randomized projectile properties, and animation without player input — introducing procedural animation concepts.

Students complete the Little Heroes trilogy by adding an enemy AI system. Monsters spawn randomly every two seconds and pursue the hero. Players start with 3 lives; each monster hit reduces lives by 1. Students combine platformer mechanics (movement, jumping, traps, gem goal) with a full enemy health system — a complete game loop.

Students design a maze with entrance and exit points where the background changes dynamically based on ambient light — darker environments turn the background black; brighter environments turn it light blue. Entering the maze triggers a 10-second countdown with vibration feedback. Reaching the exit triggers confetti and victory effects. Students combine spatial design with environmental sensor integration.