Primary 4 Basic Digital Literacy Flashcards: Game Development with PictoBlox and Variables

Question 1

What is game development?

Accepted Answer

the process of designing and creating computer games

Question 2

What is PictoBlox?

Accepted Answer

visual programming software for creating interactive projects

Question 3

Where does a PictoBlox game display its action?

Accepted Answer

Stage

Question 4

What are sprites in a PictoBlox game?

Accepted Answer

programmable characters or objects

Question 5

Where are command blocks grouped by category?

Accepted Answer

Blocks Palette

Question 6

Where are PictoBlox blocks connected into programs?

Accepted Answer

Scripts Area

Question 7

What is a variable?

Accepted Answer

a named container that stores information which can change

Question 8

Which variable should store points earned by catching fruit?

Accepted Answer

Score

Question 9

Which variable can count how many attempts a player has left?

Accepted Answer

Lives

Question 10

Which variable can count down the remaining seconds?

Accepted Answer

Time

Question 11

Which blocks control sprite position and movement?

Accepted Answer

Motion blocks

Question 12

Which blocks change a sprite’s costume or colour effect?

Accepted Answer

Looks blocks

Question 13

Which blocks begin scripts after actions such as clicking the green flag?

Accepted Answer

Events blocks

Question 14

Which block type repeats actions or makes an if-then decision?

Accepted Answer

Control blocks

Question 15

Which blocks detect touching, colours or key presses?

Accepted Answer

Sensing blocks

Question 16

Why should “set Score to 0” run when the green flag is clicked?

Accepted Answer

so every new game starts with no points

Question 17

Which command keeps checking the game and moving fruit repeatedly?

Accepted Answer

forever loop

Question 18

To make a basket follow the mouse horizontally, its x-position should use ____.

Accepted Answer

mouse x

Question 19

When the fruit touches the basket, the score should ____.

Accepted Answer

increase by 1

Question 20

A missed fruit reaches the bottom of the Stage. What should its script do next?

Accepted Answer

send it back to a random position at the top

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