ZX Spectrum Games coded by pupils of Beasden Primary (aged 10-11)
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Bearsden Primary - ZX Spectrum Games - Coded by 10/11 year olds - 2024 Edition
Primary 6 pupils at Bearsden Primary school (Aged 10/11) have once again been working incredibly hard to code games for the ZX Spectrum using Jonathan Cauldwell's AGD (Arcade Game Designer 4.8)
They have learned so much about basic coding along with debugging, animation and level design. They have also created their own loading screens and learned how to attach these to their games.
It would be wonderful if some Spectrum enthusiasts could take the time to play some of the games and share their thoughts.
The games are in .tap format and can be played in the usual ways, on your favourite emulator or you can simply Google ‘Torinak’, open any game and drag and drop the downloaded file into the screen for instant online/in-browser play.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and please download the games if you get the chance.
The Games:
Dungeon Escape by Jai and Robbie
Timothy’s Late for Dinner by Jack, Spencer, Archie and Aaron.
Barbara’s Run by Kori and Beth
Top Hat Timmy by Ruaridh and Cameron
Bunnies Vs Bears by Jessica, Eve S, Eilidh, Marie and Freya
Piggy Adventures by Lara, Eve M, Yasmin and Eda
Space Adventure by Ellie and Lottie.
Timmy’s Dessert by Stuart and Harris
Timmy’s Adventure by Sophie and Isabella
Tommy’s Crazy Adventure by Rowen and Colette
Smiley Man by Alayna
Catjanice’s Adventure by Angus
Taylor Swift’s Era by Grace and Alice
Egg Run by Theodore
Instructions for playing online:
The games are in .tap format and can be played in the usual ways, on your favourite emulator or you can simply Google Torinak, open any game and drag and drop the downloaded file into the screen for instant online/in-browser play.
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Instructions for playing online:
The games are in .tap format and can be played in the usual ways, on your favourite emulator or you can simply Google 'Torinak', open any game and drag and drop the downloaded file into the screen for instant online/in-browser play.
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Love this, I went to Bearsden Academy in the 80s and have been a speccy scener since the early 90s, so love seeing the kids making such cool stuff. Sent Dougie a message of support and wasn't expecting a reply, but if you ever have need of some speccy gfx stuff, give me a yell. also find me on discord in the ZX Spectrum server with a lot of other speccy types if you ever need anything.
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It's fantastic to see the games you have created this year, well done everyone!
Being a coder is a little bit like being Harry Potter, only for real. Writing code is like writing a magic spell. We can write a few lines and suddenly we can make a kangaroo jump over barrels, a ball fly into the back of a net or a helicopter rescue people trapped near a volcano. We can create any world and make anything happen in code. We are all wizards, we all have magical powers when we can code and we can spread magic with our imagination. Thank you for using your imagination and creating your magical games. I hope that some of you will consider writing software as a career, it's absolutely one of the very best jobs; it's every bit as good as being a wizard.
Great work, very creative!
By the way I had a bit of difficulty loading these in Fuse. The solution was to make sure you are in 128K Spectrum mode and load them using the Tape Loader option from the start menu. If I might make a suggestion, it would be helpful to have a ZIP file containing all the games in one download.
Thanks!
Got a full playlist of the games here :)
Thanks to everyone who created them.
These were a lot of fun. Some great imagination went into them! If I had to pick, I'd have to award the following medals:
Bronze: Space Adventure
Silver: Top Hat Timmy
Gold: Barbra Run
Sadly there was no download for "Smiley Man"
These are great fun! I particularly liked Top Hat Timmy's animation, the graphics in Tommy's Crazy Adventure and Barbra Run, and the one I spent most time on was Space Adventure which is really tricky - still haven't completed it yet!
(Can't see a download link for Smiley Man though?)
Well done to all the kids and thanks for making these games! I played them all and they're all awesome! Which is my favourite? Ooh, that's tough. There's so many things I like about these games. It's close. I think Tommy's Crazy Adventure is my favourite overall. My favourite sprite is Top Hat Timmy! My favourite screen is the house in Barbra Run. But there's something I like about all these games!
Fantastic! Thoroughly enjoyed last years games, so I’ll be downloading and playing through these this evening.
42 years, and the Spectrum is STILL getting new games! Well done to your students!
Like every year these are so cool!
It's great to hear of young kids being shown how you program and use "old' computers. Congrats to all those involved!