Creative Coding with p5.js: Art, Games & Interactive Stories
This course teaches foundational programming with p5.js JavaScript through hands-on projects that combine art and game design. Students learn to draw shapes, apply color and randomness, use variables to animate and track time, handle mouse input, and add conditional behavior to make programs change each run. Instruction progresses in small steps using teacher-provided examples, tinkering, discussion, and collaborative project work.
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- Level
- Beginner
- Ages
- 11–14
- Duration
- 55 min
- Classes
- 1 / Week
- Weeks
- 8
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This course teaches foundational programming with p5.js JavaScript through hands-on projects that combine art and game design. Students learn to draw shapes, apply color and randomness, use variables to animate and track time, handle mouse input, and add conditional behavior to make programs change each run. Instruction progresses in small steps using teacher-provided examples, tinkering, discussion, and collaborative project work.
Learning Outcomes
Use p5.js to draw shapes and apply colors, including randomized colors
Create and modify variables to animate shapes, change size or color, and track time
Apply conditional (if) statements and randomness to make animations behave differently each run
Respond to mouse input by using functions to change shapes, positions, and sizes
Build small interactive projects and simple games combining the above skills
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Meet your Instructor
With 15 years of experience teaching JavaScript, Python, Scratch, web development, robotics, and artbotics to children and teens, this educator combines deep content knowledge with classroom-tested pedagogy. Two master's degrees in education with focuses on technology and mathema…
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