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Creative Forest

Luke Hay —

Through Creative Forest I have learnt three coding languages: HTML, JS and CSS. Before I joined I had just started to learn JavaScript. Back then I didn't know much at all. I would just play around with variables and return outputs.

When I started I chose to work on learning more complex JavaScript. To do this I used the Google Grasshopper app. This app gives you JavaScript puzzles, and you have to figure out how to solve them. They start off with really basic stuff, but after a while it gets harder. It also allows you to write your own code, which I used to find out what different things do.

I worked through the different courses and I came across one that was about web development. This taught me how to use HTML and CSS. I also did some courses about using SVG shapes and how to apply forces to the object like gravity and stuff like that.

I then went on to download a free code editor called Sublime Text. This just stores different variables and functions that you have used, so you can just press 'Tab'  to automatically type it. This just makes coding quicker and easier.

After playing around with Sublime Text, I went on to make my first webpage. It was just a simple text adventure game, where you can choose what to do at different parts of the story. It was about being trapped on an island and trying to survive. It would store data on what you have picked up so that different things will happen and you will have different options depending on what you have done earlier.

Now I have started to create a platformer game. I plan for this to have different moving obstacles that you will have to avoid and some enemies that will try to kill you. I'm not sure what else I might be able to do with the game, but I'm sure it will turn out well.