Scratch games coding for kids - Advanced Scratch 1 (Udemy.com)
Scratch games coding course for coders with some Scratch experience who want to improve their skills and knowledge
Created by: Matt Ottewill
Last updated January 2026
What you will learn
- Sprite movement control with keyboard presses
- Steering, acceleration and deceleration
- Sprite costume switch animation
- Sprite sensing conditionality
- Sprite cloning
- Collision sensing
- Advanced use of variable
- Lives and countdown timers
- The use of lists
How it compares
Against the other 58 rated Udemy courses in Introduction to Computer Science on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 84% of them
- Reviews107#40 of 59 by number of reviews
- Length3.2 hoursshorter than 65% of them
- Last updatedJanuary 2026more recently than 79% of them
Course Description
This course is designed for parents who want to re-direct their child's natural enthusiasm for playing games into creating games and coding.
It is an ideal course to help your child to learn how to code. This course involves coding two new games, thereby extending their knowledge and skills, after which they will use what they have learnt to create their own games.
Students will learn advanced coding techniques including timer countdowns, steering, acceleration and deceleration, repelling sprites, continuous motion, sprite costume animation and control, transferring sprite properties between sprites, colour effect animations, cloning, timed animation, sound control, advanced variable use, and lists.
Coding is a primary skill for the modern workplace and this course will help give students a head start in their computer studies at school and thereafter at further and higher education and in the workplace.
Our instructor is a qualified and experienced teacher who speaks clearly and precisely, leading the learner through the entire coding process. Each step is explained and demonstrated.
Your child will build confidence with Scratch, acquire advanced games coding skills, and improve their creative, math and computational thinking skills.
As your child learns, their confidence, enthusiasm and passion for coding will increase. As the see the immediate results of their coding efforts they will not only learn but learn to love learning itself. Children have a natural infinity with computer technologies and this course is the perfect way to turn that energy into useful educational outcomes.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
107 Reviews
Matt Ottewill
Matt is a digital media educator, designer, and music technologist. He runs his own business The Pixel Gang, teaching games coding and digital media creation to children.
He has written qualifications and developed programmes for universities, adult education, and apprenticeships in the fields of digital media and marketing, music technology and computing, and contributes content to online learning platforms.
His passion is teaching young learners the coding and computing skills and knowledge they will need for their secondary education, university degrees and future careers.
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Reviews
By Ezequiel Marquez on 7/11/2025
El curso es entretenido. Pero puedes mejorar la calidad de los videos.
By Liz Schneidewin on 11/5/2024
As an experienced scratcher looking for new challenges, this course was the right way to go. It introduced some new ideas and methods that I haven't used before and it was well explained, paced and presented.
By Markus Duhme on 11/30/2023
A verry nice course to learn Programming With scratch
By Adrian Reeve on 7/17/2023
Haddy enjoyed the course very much and is looking forward to the next one. Thank you, Matt.
By Gregor Burghardt on 11/20/2022
Hi Matt, Thanks for your Scratch course "Coding For Kids - Advanced Scratch 1". I had a lot of fun with this programming tutorial and I especially liked your game "Bomb Disposal". Now your 2nd advanced Scratch course is coming soon, which I'm looking forward to. Kind regards from Germany ... Gregor :)
By Abhi Chakraborty on 12/25/2021
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By Sarah Mahvy on 9/16/2021
it has been very fun till now! i never enjoyed scratch this much before! i love this session
By Danny Walton on 8/16/2021
Yes it is. I learned so much from the courses I take!
By Jesus D. Salinas on 2/15/2021
I cannot download the resources.
By Aakash Darji on 8/13/2020
absolutely legendary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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