--- title: "Dylan tells us about coding" url: "https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/blog/2022-12-07-09-33-01-dylan-tells-us-about-coding" school: "The William Hogarth School" --- # Dylan tells us about coding 7 December 2022 [Hobbies, passions and pass times](https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/blog/category/hobbies-passions-and-pass-times) ### Coding Many people’s hobbies include playing video games, but not look into how it's made. The creators ( or developers, often called devs ) use coding languages like Java, Python, C++ and many more. This small page will teach you the basics of a more simple coding language, scratch, which consists of blocks you put together to form a script that plays out your game, animation or something completely different! Frequently during coding lessons people ask me to help them with a project, so I come over and try to fix their problem. In scratch, you drag blocks to a scripting area to create games, projects, animations and more! I first heard of scratch through a friend and had big dreams that I am yet to achieve. I started off by making a game from a book: [Talking with a dinosaur](https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/392585960/), which uses variables to store data that it later makes into speech; “talking” back to the player. Then I moved on to the games where you moved the sprite in the hope of collecting an object (jewel) called [Dragon Chase](https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/402287540/). [Among us chase](https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/623768501/) is a game where you have to escape a sprite before they take away all your health (w to move forwards). Then, after years of scratching, I finally developed the skills to create an internet worthy project, a survival game (read instructions) in which you have to gain powers to destroy green and blue “blobs” before they destroy you! This was called [survive](https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/713684981/). What will YOU create? ![](https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/images/Blogs/Coding_1.jpg) Sprite moves up, down, left and right. Use the change x/y by block for speed ![](https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/images/Blogs/coding_2.jpg) The sprite starts in the middle of the screen and then "follows" your mouse. Use the steps block for player speed. ![](https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/images/Blogs/Coding_3.png) Make a new sprite and put this code in it. The player sprite should be able to infinitely collect it. [ Harrison's blog about horse riding](https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/blog/2022-11-30-09-12-08-harrison-s-blog-about-horse-riding) [Year 3 using Scratch to learn about coding ](https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/blog/2023-01-06-12-00-00-year-3-using-scratch-to-learn-about-coding) ![The William Hogarth School](https://files.schudio.com/william-hogarth-school-3/images/logo/HogarthLogo_White_(1).png) ### The William Hogarth School Duke Road Chiswick W4 2JR 020 8994 4782 020 8742 7736 ### Useful Links - [LGFLmail](https://mail.lgflmail.org/owa/auth/logon.aspx?replaceCurrent=1&url=https%3a%2f%2fmail.lgflmail.org%2fowa%2f) - [Parent Pay](https://www.parentpay.com/) - [Parent View](https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/) - [Opening Hours](https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/opening-hours) ### Social Media - [X](https://twitter.com/search?q=%40hogarth_the&src=typd) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/the_william_hogarth_school/) © Copyright 2017–2026 The William Hogarth School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://williamhogarthschool.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)