PONG (Preparing for the AP CSP Create Tasque)

OPENING QUESTION: Please use your researching skills to determine the specific requirements for your Create Task (not how to submit or anything like that, just the contents).

Please create a folder in your Google Drive (or similar) and print out the relative info as a pdf and save it there.

OBJECTIVES: I will work with my team to identify the CT (Create Task) required programming elements.

I will apply those programming elements to my PONG game.

CALENDAR:

Friday April 4th: 'Rough Draft' of Pong is Due (Functions test is postponed):

  • Paddles move up and down
  • Ball launches from the middle of the screen in a random direction
  • Ball bounces off paddles (doesn't have to be 'clean')
  • Ball bounces off walls (doesn't have to be 'clean')

April 7th - April 11th: Dedicated Work Time Begins

April 21st - April 25th: Dedicated Work Time Continues

Monday, April 28th: Create Tasque is Due (MY deadline)

  • PDF Copy of your code
  • Video of your code running
  • Personal Reference Document

WORDS O' THE DAY:

  • Argument (A value 'sent in' to a function to be used there)
  • Parameters (A 'placeholder' variable inside a function that 'receives' the argument 'passed into' the function)

WORK O' THE DAY

1st 30 Minutes:

The 'requirements' for Pong will be exactly the same as the requirements for your Create Task. PLEASE NOTE: YOU MAY NOT USE PONG AS YOUR ENTRY.

I'm required to notify the AP if you have broken their rules.

There are very large (Table-Sized) Post its. Please work with your team to make a bulleted list of the programming elements required by the AP for your Create Task.