Learning the basics of 3D programming with Scratch

Studying the basics of 3-D programming with Scratch

Scratch is the visual programming environment for teaching children which was founded in MIT. During the courses, based on this programming language, children create 2-D games and animations. Many users, though, wonder whether it is possible to create a 3-D game using Scratch. And the answer is yes!

The course “3-D games in Scratch” allows to comprehend the basic principles of 3-D images. Having acquired sufficient knowledge about 3D, we apply them in various games and animations straight away. Usually, people use the existing engine which is required for 3-D programming. The “3-D games in Scratch” course will allow your child to get familiar with peculiarities and complexities of the 3-D world.

During the course children will:

• Explore the structure and principles of 3-D engines
• Get to know how to transform 2-D into 3-D objects
• Learn what perspective means, where it can be encountered and how it is applied in programming
• Develop spatial thinking
• Learn how to make simple 3-D games and animations on the Scratch platform

The “3-D games in Scratch” will provide new opportunities for development, as well as teach the fundamentals of the 3-D programming and graphics.

How to install Scratch on a home computer:

1. Go to the download section on the official website of the project https://scratch.mit.edu/download 
2. First download Adobe AIR for your operating system* and install it 
3. Download Scratch for your operating system* and install it. 
4. Launch the Scratch application. 
5. To open files from classes, download them to your computer, and then in the upper left corner of the application sel ect “File”> “Open”. 

* Windows (7/8/10) - for most computers, Mac OS X - for computers fr om Apple. If you are a Linux user, you yourself know everything.
** You know everything yourself ** The order of installation of Scratch on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers is different:

• In Windows you need to install the application and run it.
• In Mac OS X you need to drag and drop the application icon from the image into the applications folder and run it.
• In Linux you can download the installation file or use "via PPA".

At the end of the course, each student receives a personal certificate from CODDY.