Star Ship Explorer: A game made using Scratch 3

Book Description

Scratch programming is real programming. While it may have been designed with children in mind, it teaches all the concepts that programmers need to learn, loops, if tests, code encapsulation, variables and more. This book is a project using all of the above, and will take you from a beginner level in Scratch where you can produce simple games with one or two sprites, to a fully working game illustrating many Scratch programming and real world programming concepts. All the instructions in this book use the new Scratch 3 version that is available online. None of the confusion that comes from using a book written for the older versions. All you need is a computer with a browser – no extra software required. Using Scratch is free. The author is a software programmer who has been writing code for 20+ years. She has used many different programming languages over the years, and learned Scratch to help out her local library’s code club. This book is a result of writing tutorials for that code club which the kids enjoyed. And at the end of the book, you have a cool game to play.

中文：

书名：星际飞船探险家：一款用Scratch 3制作的游戏

临时编程是真正的编程。虽然它在设计时可能考虑到了孩子，但它教授了程序员需要学习的所有概念，如循环、IF测试、代码封装、变量等。这本书是一个使用以上所有内容的项目，并将带你从Scratch的初学者水平，在那里你可以用一个或两个精灵来制作简单的游戏，到一个完全工作的游戏，说明许多Scratch编程和现实世界编程的概念。这本书中的所有说明都使用在线提供的新的Scratch 3版本。不会因为使用一本为旧版本编写的书而产生困惑。你所需要的只是一台带浏览器的电脑，不需要额外的软件。使用Scratch是免费的。作者是一名软件程序员，已经写了20多年的代码。多年来，她使用了许多不同的编程语言，并学会了Scratch来帮助她当地图书馆的代码俱乐部。这本书是为孩子们喜欢的代码俱乐部编写教程的结果。在这本书的最后，你有一个很酷的游戏要玩。