<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><description>About this project This project guides pupils through the creation of a simple game played out on the BBC micro:bit&amp;#39;s LED array. Players can earn points by using the A and B buttons to avoid falling hazards, similar to classic arcade games l...</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:22:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f</guid><dc:creator>dillonb07</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[View:/resized-image/__size/620x388/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f/5023.contentimage_5F00_188214.png:620:388]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is code that works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The instructions didn&amp;#39;t for me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1537&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:32:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f</guid><dc:creator>dubbie</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This looks complicated. Still I wrote my first computer game on a main frame in Basic using punch cards. It didn&amp;#39;t work. This looks much easier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dubbie&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1537&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2018 16:41:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f</guid><dc:creator>anuag_ashim</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;plus and play software &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1537&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 22:56:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f</guid><dc:creator>NigelB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This took a bit of time and effort, but I learnt a lot in doing it, and managed to get it working first time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It appears that the version now on the BBC micro:bit website that I am using is a bit different from the version you used, which gives some spurious differences (e.g. if... then rather than if... do, and &amp;quot;change y of Hazard0 by 1&amp;quot; became &amp;quot;Hazard0 change y by 1&amp;quot;) - which on the face of it sounds trivial, but it isn&amp;#39;t if you are doggedly looking for the wrong one!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By the way the fourth graphic in your blog has a block that has slipped out of its socket and is sitting further down - the &amp;quot;PlayerOne touching Hazard0 ?&amp;quot; block...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Great series, by the way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1537&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:41:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f</guid><dc:creator>ldman</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;I managed to put this prog. together to help my Grandaughter with her school work, however I have ended up with a spurious character which won&amp;#39;t delete.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The prog. appears to run ok&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will it spoil the game when we compile it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[View:/resized-image/__size/620x373/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f/6014.contentimage_5F00_188213.jpg:620:373]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1537&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:35:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f</guid><dc:creator>volly</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This one was a bit challenging and involved. Very refreshing though. I am falling more and more inlove with this little teeny-weeny yet explosively versatile device. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1537&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2016 06:13:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f</guid><dc:creator>balearicdynamics</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This is interesting as almost complex and experience a number of programming skills but IMHO the code itself is a bit too complex to show with block images. At least very difficult to replicate. Maybe anyway a good exercise for programming understanding and writing it without a bare copy and paste. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enrico&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1537&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Five - Falling Sprite Game</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/10-bbc-micro-bit-projects-in-10-days-day-five---falling-sprite-game</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2016 05:16:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ea149ce9-64ef-44cd-9739-c1d4ef45e58f</guid><dc:creator>jkutzsch</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The more I see these little projects the more I want to try one of these little guys out!&amp;nbsp; Thank you for sharing &lt;a class="jive-link-profile-small jiveTT-hover-user" href="https://www.element14.com/community/people/john.lucas@dsdistribution.com"&gt;john.lucas@dsdistribution.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1537&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>