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An explanation of how a computer game is made using pictures, coding and algorithms.

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Out the window, the sun shines in a brilliant blue sky. But inside the large meeting room at Surrey City Hall, about a dozen children age 7 to 14 have their faces figuratively glued to laptop ...

Think LEGO, but with code. In these, your child can pull in code parts to manipulate more than one object (and access more commands, variables, and events) to create animations or games.