1. Create the Title Screen
🎯 Goal
Welcome the player before the game begins.
📋 Follow These Steps
- Set the background to the forest scene.
- Show a title screen with the title 'Escape Mission'.
- Add the subtitle 'Press Space to continue'.
- Set the variable startGame to false.
💡 Tip: Compare your blocks carefully with the example image.
✅ Check Your Work
Run your project. You should only see the title screen.
Run your project. You should only see the title screen.
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2. Build createMap()
🎯 Goal
Create the maze and place important objects.
📋 Follow These Steps
- Create a function called createMap().
- Use the grid blocks to build the walls and floor.
- Place three keys around the maze.
- Resize the keys to 35.
- Make every key wobble.
- Place the exit house.
💡 Tip: Compare your blocks carefully with the example image.
✅ Check Your Work
When the function runs, the maze, keys and house should appear.
When the function runs, the maze, keys and house should appear.
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3. Build createAliens()
🎯 Goal
Add moving enemies.
📋 Follow These Steps
- Create the pink alien and make it patrol.
- Create the green alien and make it move south in a loop.
💡 Tip: Compare your blocks carefully with the example image.
✅ Check Your Work
Both aliens should move automatically.
Both aliens should move automatically.
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4. Build startGame()
🎯 Goal
Prepare everything needed to play.
📋 Follow These Steps
- Hide the title screen.
- Call createMap().
- Call createAliens().
- Create the player.
- Resize the player to 35.
- Enable arrow key movement.
- Show the game instructions for 3 seconds.
💡 Tip: Compare your blocks carefully with the example image.
✅ Check Your Work
The player should be able to move around the maze.
The player should be able to move around the maze.
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5. Start the Game
🎯 Goal
Start the game when Space is pressed.
📋 Follow These Steps
- Check whether startGame is false.
- If it is, set it to true.
- Call startGame().
💡 Tip: Compare your blocks carefully with the example image.
✅ Check Your Work
Pressing Space should start the game only once.
Pressing Space should start the game only once.
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6. Build gameOver()
🎯 Goal
Display the Game Over screen.
📋 Follow These Steps
- Play the game over sound.
- Remove all sprites.
- Change the background.
- Show the Game Over title screen.
- Set startGame back to false.
💡 Tip: Compare your blocks carefully with the example image.
✅ Check Your Work
Touching an alien will restart from here.
Touching an alien will restart from here.
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7. Add Collision Events
🎯 Goal
Handle keys and enemies.
📋 Follow These Steps
- If the player touches either alien, call gameOver().
- If the player touches a key, play a sound, remove the key and increase collectedKey by 1.
💡 Tip: Compare your blocks carefully with the example image.
✅ Check Your Work
Keys should disappear after being collected.
Keys should disappear after being collected.
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8. Create the Win Screen
🎯 Goal
Let the player escape.
📋 Follow These Steps
- When the player reaches the house, check whether collectedKey equals 3.
- If all keys are collected, show the winning screen.
- Otherwise tell the player they still need all three keys.
💡 Tip: Compare your blocks carefully with the example image.
✅ Check Your Work
You can only win after collecting every key.
You can only win after collecting every key.
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🎉 Mission Complete!
You built a complete game using functions, events, collisions and variables.
🚀 Now Make It Your Own!
Great programmers don't stop after finishing a tutorial—they improve it!
- 🎨 Change the player into another character.
- 👾 Replace the aliens with zombies, ghosts or robots.
- 🗺️ Design your own maze.
- 🔑 Add more keys to collect.
- ❤️ Add a lives system.
- ⏱️ Add a countdown timer.
- ⭐ Add coins for bonus points.
- 🚪 Create locked doors.
- 🌋 Turn the map into a volcano, castle or space station.
- 👑 Add a boss enemy guarding the exit.
- 🎮 Create a second level.
Your imagination is the only limit. Keep creating! 🌟