Play Lab - Intro video

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

they'll snap together.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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