howardabrams's Recent Projects

Magic Hat

Simple encryption/decryption. Enter a phrase and it will give you back the encrypted key. Give it the encrypted key, and it will decrypt it and give you back the original phrase.

Potato Head

Change the facial features on this Mr. Potato Head.

Elephant Joke

Do you know why an elephant is big, gray and wrinkly? You don't? Well, watch this puppet show with Graydon and Whitman to find out.

Simon Says

Simple game where you try to repeat the sequence that is shown. The sequence gets longer after each iteration.

Egg Pie

Henrietta is on top of the chicken coop and dropping her eggs off the side. Help bounce the eggs back into the coop without dropping them.

Herring Joke

My kids think this joke was worse than the last one.

King Joke

A classic joke being retold by my two favorite sock puppets ... Graydon and Whitman.

Water Balloons

Launch the water balloons into the air and hopefully into the bucket. Don't hit the poor ducks, as these kinds don't like to get wet. New version includes a harder game with a wall in between.

Pokemon Surprise

Click on each pokeball to see what's inside. A good start for some sprites.

Pokemon Battle

This is a simple example game that demonstrates variables and random numbers. Take the game and expand it with multiple attacks and better graphics.

Functions

Demonstation of using the "broadcast" block as a "function" (or subroutine) call.

Race 2

How fast can you get this automatic car to drive around the track? Press the up arrow to increase the speed. Down arrow to slow down. Space bar to change the track to something more interesting.

Turtle and Apple2

Expanded the version from the previous chapter to show how to have an animation cycle between a few costumes, leaving other costumes for other purposes... like eating apples. Like before, you can drag the apple or turtle around to keep them apart.

Turtle and Apple

A simple example of the 'point towards' block and how it can be used to have one sprite chase another sprite. Keep them separated by dragging one sprite to another location on the stage.

Race 1

Good luck trying to stay on the course. Press the up arrow to increase the speed. Down arrow to slow down. Left and right arrow to control the car.