COURSE
OUTLINE
Lesson 1: Movie Planning and Dot Syntax
Topic
1A: Planning a Complex Movie
Task 1A-1: Viewing the Completed Movie
Task 1A-2: Structuring the Movie
Topic 1B: Dot Syntax
Task 1B-1: Using Dot Syntax
Lesson
2: Movie in a Window, Sprite Visibility, andBehaviors with Parameters
Topic
2A: Movie In a Window
Task 2A-1: Creating a MIAW to Control a Game
Task 2A-2: Calling Main Movie Handlers from MIAWs
Topic 2B: Controlling Sprite Visibility
Task 2B-1: Hiding Sprites to Create Information Panels
Task 2B-2: Creating Disjoint Rollovers
Topic 2C: Behaviors with Editable Parameters
Task 2C-1: Applying a Behavior with Parameters
Task 2C-2: Creating a Behavior with Parameters
Lesson
3: List Management and Randomizing
Topic
3A: List Management
Task 3A-1: Working With a Question List for a Quiz Game
Task 3A-2: Reading and Writing a Preference File Based on a List
Task 3A-3: Managing a List of Game Players
Task 3A-4: Working with a Sorted High Scores List
Task 3A-5: Duplicating a List
Topic 3B: Randomizing
Task 3B-1: Generating and Controlling Random Numbers
Task 3B-2: Randomizing Sprite Positions and Velocities
Task 3B-3: Creating a Function to Randomize the Order of Any List
Lesson
4: User Feedback and Control
Topic
4A: Field Entry
Task 4A-1: Creating User Entry Fields
Task 4A-2: Ensuring Field Entry and Disabling Field Editing
Topic 4B: Trapping User Keystrokes
Task 4B-1: Assigning Handlers to Key Presses
Task 4B-2: Overriding Movie Script keyDown Handlers
Task 4B-3: Using Arrow Keys to Move a Sprite
Lesson
5: Object Oriented Programming
Topic
5A: Object Oriented Programming Principles
Task 5A-1: Creating a Simple Parent Script and Child Objects
Task 5A-2: Creating a Simple Ancestor Script
Task 5A-3: Preserving Object Encapsulation
Topic 5B: Creating Child Objects Spontaneously for Animation
Task 5B-1: Creating a Parent Script to Define and Animate Missiles
Task 5B-2: Creating a Script to Fire Missiles on Demand
Topic 5C: Using Ancestor Scripts for Animation
Task 5C-1: Creating an Ancestor Script to Define Spaceships
Task 5C-2: Creating Two Types of Spaceships with Parent Scripts
Task 5C-3: Calling Two Spaceship Parent Script
Task 5C-4: Checking for Sprite Collisions and Calling Public Methods
Lesson
6: Final Scripting
Topic
6A: Pausing actorList Animation
Task 6A-1: Pausing the Game
Topic 6B: Timing
Task 6B-1: Making the Movie Wait
Topic 6C: Contingencies
Task 6C-1: Checking for Contingencies
Topic 6D: Eliminating Authoring Elements
Task 6D-1: Removing Authoring Elements
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