In this unit, students are introduced to the game development life cycle. Students partake in designing, developing and testing of games. Students become familiar with the Scratch* game programming environment, learning different aspects of coding and logic through a series of learning activities and demonstrations.
*Scratch Programming Environment is available for free online.
Students are required to complete a series of activities to hone their programming skills. In the main assessment, students design and implement a simple single player game. The task requires students to document their designs, analyse their code and assess the quality of their game through various forms of testing.