Overview

**Question of the Day: How can programming languages hide complicated patterns so that it is easier to program?** After a brief review of how the counter pattern is used to move sprites, the class is introduced to the idea of hiding those patterns in a single block, in order to help manage the complexity of programs. They then head to Code Studio to try out new blocks that set a sprite's velocity directly, and look at the various ways that they are able to code more complex behaviors in their sprites.

New Code

• sprite.rotationSpeed
• sprite.velocityX
• sprite.velocityY

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