• On the right side of the screen is our editing space. This is where we'll drag and drop blocks onto to create the game.

• The center column is where we'll find all the different blocks with which to choose from.

• The game console on the left-hand side of the screen is where our code comes to life and where we can test our games out.

• This category allows us to create and define Sprites. Sprites are the objects what we control in our games. They can be players, enemies, food, projectiles, and more!

• These blocks let us define which buttons control what. For example if we want button A on our controller to shoot out arrows.

• Let us control the timeline of the game as well as when the player loses or wins.

• Add music and sound effects.

Control the background and screen dimensions of the game.

• Control core game elements such as score, lives and game clock.

• For repeating certain code blocks on different conditions.

• Tell certain code blocks to execute based on a condition.

• Create variables which are used to store data like the velocity of a sprite.

• Allow various mathematical functions. Can be used to modify variables for example.

Access code blocks to:

• Images: Create and edit graphics of sprites and backgrounds.
• Functions: Create custom functions to call within the program.
• Arrays: Create lists of data.
• Text: Create strings. Could be used to create speech bubbles for characters.
• Console: Help with debugging or troubleshooting errors in the program.
• Extensions: Access additional block types like animations.

• In an on start loop, grab a set background image block and create the desired background image for the game to start on.
• You can edit this image by clicking the part of the block with the thumbnail.
• Next add a pause block to let the intro image stay on the screen for one second.
• Then set the background image and background color to black.

• Now drag a set mySprite block under the last block we set.
• Click the drop down menu next to mySprite. Create a new variable and name it Blinka or what ever character name you want.
• Next, click the thumbnail for the sprite and create your desired sprite.*
• Click the drop down menu at the end of the block and select the Player sprite type.
• Now add a set position block to place Blinka in a specific spot each time the game starts. By clicking on the number values, the program allows us to set x and y values visually. Just move the mouse over the game console to choose a place to put the sprite.
• Lastly add a move block and click the plus sign to set arrow keys as the way we move Blinka around.

*MakeCode Arcade usually allows importing images to use for background and sprites by dragging and dropping png files into the editor space. However at the time of this writing, this functionality is not available due to being in Beta Mode.

• Drag in set mySprite block, create new variable called Sparky, make the sprite graphic and change the kind to Enemy.
• Set to a position in the game.
• Create two new variables called SparkySpeedx and SparkySpeedy.
• Also in the variables block section, drag in two set mySprites to blocks. Set one toSparkySpeedx with a value of 40 and the other to SparkySpeedy with a value of 60.
• Now, with a set mySprite velocity block, choose Sparky as the sprite, and drag in the SparkySpeedx and SparkySpeedy as the velocity values. This will allow us to increase the speed of Sparky over time later!
• Lastly, drag in a set mySprite to stay in screen block, change the drop down to bounce on wall and switch to on.

• Drag in a set life block and set the desired value.
• Next, drag in set mySprite block, create new variable called Star, make the sprite graphic and change the kind to Food.
• Set its location.
• Drag in a start countdown block and set the desired value.

• In the sprite blocks category, drag in an on sprite of kind block, set kind to Player and overlaps kind to Food.
• Play a sound when Blinka hits each star.
• Add a change score by 1 block.
• Next we want the star to move to a new random location. To do this drag in a set position block. In the math blocks category, find and drag in a pick random 0 to 0 block inside both x and y values. Set ranges accordingly.
• Start the countdown over.

• Drag in an on sprite of kind block, set kind to Player and overlaps kind to Enemy.
• Play desired sound when Sparky hits Blinka.
• Lose a life.
• Move Sparky to a random new location.
• Shake camera to show player a life has just been lost.

• Drag in an on game update every x ms block and change value to desired amount of time intervals in which to increase Sparky's speed. 5000ms is 5 seconds.
• From the variables block category, drag in two change mySprite by blocks and enter value of desired speed increase.
• Then to update Sparky's speed, drag in a set velocity block, changing the sprite to Sparky and the vx and vy to SparkySpeedx and SparkySpeedy.

• Place the Pi Zero inside of the bottom enclosure piece and snap in place.

• Push the Joy Bonnet over the headers on the Pi and firmly press in place.

• Connect the Pi to your computer via micro USB cable -- be sure to plug into the second USB port on the Pi, the one closer to the HDMI port. The first port is power only.
• In the MakeCode Arcade program press the Download button and click the "x" when asked to "pair your arcade". You should then be given options to select type of board.
• Select "Adafruit Joy Bonnet". Then click the "x" again when asked to pair the arcade to the editor. This should create a file named arcacde-something.uf2.
• Copy it to ARCADE drive that should be visible on the computer to which your Pi is connected with the USB cable.