Coding Camp

Coding Camp

Nina, Jody, and Matt sat down to try out the game they had been working on all week. The end of Coding Camp was just two days away. They all wanted their team to win this year's computer game design contest. When Jody hit “ Start, " though, they saw that something was very wrong. The screen filled with strange blocks of color. How could this happen? Nina thought. It's my first year at camp! I really want to do a good job!

Jody tried to get their game to run a few times, but nothing happened. They had to face the truth. The computer must have crashed while backing up their work. Most of their files were unusable. The only things left were Nina's computer drawings of some items from the first room. I'm glad I saved those on my laptop, Nina thought.

" We don't have time to make a whole new game, " Jody said. " We're going to have to use what we have. " " How are we going to make a game using a toaster, a toy unicorn, and a few houseplants?” Nina wondered. They were going to need help.

They ran to the camp office and asked their counselor, Tom, to help them. He had some great ideas. Over the next few hours, Jody, Nina, and Matt worked on a new idea for their game.

" What about an arcade game?” asked Nina. “ That way we could use the same background over and over. " " We'll need a hero. Maybe we could use the unicorn! " said Jody. " Yeah! The unicorn could fight her way through the house to escape to her forest home, " exclaimed Matt.