Coding Camp

Coding Camp. Written by Keith and Sarah Corte -Martin. Illustrated by Ted Dawson.

《编程夏令营》。作者：基思·科特-马丁与萨拉·科特-马丁。插画：泰德·道森。

Nina, Jodi, 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 Jodi 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.

尼娜、乔迪和马特坐下来，打算测试他们做了整整一周的游戏。 再过两天，编程夏令营就要结束了。 三个人都希望自己的队伍能拿下今年的电脑游戏设计大赛冠军。 可乔迪按下开始键后，他们发现出大问题了。 屏幕上满是奇奇怪怪的彩色色块。 怎么会这样呢？尼娜心里犯起了嘀咕。 这是我第一次来参加夏令营，我真的很想好好表现。

Jodi 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.

乔迪试了好几次重启游戏，一点反应都没有。 他们不得不接受现实。 电脑肯定是在备份他们的作品时死机了。 他们的大部分文件都损坏用不了了。 唯一剩下的，只有尼娜画的第一关房间里的几件物品的电子稿。 还好我把这些存在我自己的笔记本电脑里了，尼娜心想。

We don't have time to make a whole new game, Jodie 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 house plants? Nina wondered. They were going to need help.

我们没时间重做一个全新的游戏了，乔迪说。 我们只能手头上有什么就用什么了。 我们要怎么用一个烤面包机、一只玩具独角兽还有几盆室内植物做游戏呀？ 尼娜满是疑惑。 他们得找人帮忙才行。

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.

他们跑到夏令营办公室，找辅导员汤姆帮忙。 他有好多好点子。接下来的几个小时里，乔迪、尼娜和马特一起琢磨出了一个新的游戏创意。

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.

做个街机游戏怎么样？尼娜问。 这样我们就能重复用同一个背景啦。 我们还得有个主角。 我们可以用那只独角兽呀，乔迪说。 对呀，独角兽可以一路闯关穿过房子逃回她在森林里的家，马特兴奋地喊道。