Unit 1 Lab 1
Click Alonzo Game
In this lab, you'll program an app that you can share with others and play on your phone.
NOTE:
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Snap!
Can't see your canvas? Press the expand button to view your code in action!
Programming a Game
You're going to program a game in which the goal is to click on Alonzo as he's moving around.
Vocabulary
Click each word to view the definition.
Sprites and Costumes
The Alonzo character is named after Alonzo Church, a major contributor to early computer science.
In this project, there are three objects related to Alonzo:
One is a sprite, which is like an actor on the stage who knows how to do many different things, such as walk around the stage and speak the lines of the play
The other two are costumes, picture that can be "worn" by a sprite.