Diamond Hunt

Task:

Game screenshotYou are part of a team making a game called Diamond Hunt. Other programmers on your team have started the game and you have been tasked with completing it.

You need to add the following features to the game:

  1. when the game starts the miner should say "I'm going to be rich!";
  2. when a diamond is touched by the miner it should disappear;
  3. when a diamond is touched the diamonds collected count should go up by one;
  4. when the miner has collected 5 diamonds he should say "I Win" for a second then the game should stop;
  5. a monster should chase the miner;
  6. when the monster touches the miner it should say "Game Over!" and stop the game.

Once you're done you might have other ideas as to how the game could be improved.

A Scratch file has been provided for you to use:

Code iconScratch file to download

There are some hints for things you might have forgotten how to do.

Opening Scratch

Scratch starter helper imageYou'll need to be working in Scratch, so...

  1. download the Scratch file (above) and move it to your OneDrive
  2. open the scratch website (opens in a new tab)
  3. click Create at the top to start programming
  4. close any tutorial helpers down – they just get in the way
  5. click File > Load from your computer at the top. Find the file you downloaded and open it
  6. start programming – check the list of things to do at the top

This task is from the OCR Entry Level Certificate specimen assessment material from 2017. I'm using it here as a test to decide if it's possible for the students I teach to complete the practical activities associated with this course.