Haunted House – A Spooky Coding Challenge

Haunted House in Hedy

This challenge has been written by Felienne Hermans, Leiden University - Ramon Moorlag, I &I - CodeWeek NL and is part of the EU CODE WEEK CHALLENGES.

Duration

1 hour or 2 hours depending on prior knowledge

Experience

Beginner

Target Audience

  1. Teachers and educators

Purpose

  1. To make an interactive Haunted House story.
  2. To learn programming with Hedy.

Recommended Materials

  1. Hedy on hedycode.com, level 1 to 4

Haunted House in Hedy

Teachers and educators

Description

With Hedy, you will create a Haunted House story with interactive elements. Every time the code is run a new story will be created. The story can also be read aloud by your computer and shared online.

Instructions

  1. Start with opening a browser and go to hedycode.com.
  2. Follow the instructions for levels 1-4. Use the tabs ‘Level’ and ‘Haunted house.’
  3. With the help of these levels, we will write an interactive haunted house story.
  4. Teachers, a lesson plan Hedy can be found here.
  5. You can find a recording of Felienne Hermans presenting Hedy at this link.

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