MakeCode Arcade : Roboplane

Course Description:

Take to the skies in Roboplane, an exciting hands-on course designed to teach students how to build a fast-paced, action-packed aerial shooter game. Using MakeCode Arcade, you’ll create a side-scrolling game where the player pilots a futuristic aircraft, dodges incoming enemy attacks, and blasts enemies with precision shots.

This beginner-friendly course blends coding fundamentals with game design to help you understand key mechanics like player movement, enemy spawning, shooting mechanics, collision detection, and health/lives systems. By the end, you’ll have built a fully playable game and gained confidence in programming interactive 2D games.

What You’ll Learn:

How to create and control a player sprite (airplane) with arrow keys
Implementing shooting mechanics with projectile sprites
Coding enemy behavior and movement patterns
Using collision detection to handle hits and health/life systems
Adding a score system that tracks successful hits
Designing a functional game loop with increasing difficulty
How to enhance gameplay with sound effects, animations, and UI elements (like lives and score display)
Debugging and testing for smooth, engaging gameplay