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So what grade are you in? Second. Tenth grade.[br]First grade. I was in 8th grade when I learned

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to program. I got my first computer when I[br]was in 6th grade. What gets me excited is

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being able to fix people's problems. You can[br]express yourself, you can build things from

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an idea. Computer science is the basis for[br]a lot of the things that college students

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and professionals will do for the next 20[br]or 30 years. I like programming because I

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like helping people. I get the opportunity[br]to build something that's going to to make

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people's lives easier. I think it's the closest[br]thing we have to a superpower. Getting started

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is the most important part. I'm a beginner[br]myself, and I want you to learn with me.

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Do you have a favorite video game that you've[br]always wanted to make? Well we're going to

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get started creating games just by using Play[br]Lab. Good games have a story, and every story

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has actors. Actors that do things like speak,[br]move, interact with each other, maybe even

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score points based on the rules of that game.[br]Today, we'll be learning how to do all of

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these things with fun actors like witches,[br]zombies, aliens, and animals--and then build

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a game from scratch that can be shared and[br]played on a phone.

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Your screen is split into 3 main parts. On[br]the left is the game space where your program

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will run. The instructions for each level[br]are written below. The middle area is the

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toolbox, and each of these blocks is a piece[br]of code. The white space on the right is called

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the workspace and this is where we'll build[br]our program.

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To start off, you'll need to link your blocks[br]to the orange "when run" block. You can link

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multiple blocks together by dragging them[br]out until you see the yellow line, and then

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they'll snap together.

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In this first puzzle, our actor is a penguin[br]and we'll be making it say "Hello!" by dragging

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the "say" block out, linking it to the "when[br]run" block, and typing in "Hello." We can

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also make the penguin move by using the "move[br]right" and "move left" blocks. Once you have

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your blocks in place, hit the "run button"[br]to see what you've programmed. Get started

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and by the end, you'll be able to create your[br]own game with all kinds of players that can

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interact, turn happy or sad, score points,[br]or throw fireballs, or even vanish each other.

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It's all up to you and the game you want to[br]make.