{"id":1095,"date":"2020-10-16T05:25:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T05:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2020-10-15T20:29:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T20:29:40","slug":"eu-code-week-play-your-own-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2020\/10\/16\/eu-code-week-play-your-own-game\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Code Week: Play Your Own Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1036\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2020\/09\/14\/eu-code-week-the-most-wonderful-time-of-year\/badge-general\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?fit=2500%2C2500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2500,2500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Badge-general\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?fit=840%2C840&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1036\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Badge-general.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NOW we&#8217;re talking! Let&#8217;s get down to games!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number one question I get in my coding classes is from wide-eyed students, who come up to me and say, &#8220;Hang on&#8230; with this stuff, can I write <em>games<\/em>?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the answer is, &#8220;Def. Initely.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/live\/\">And you can, too, at 9:45, Irish\/UK time<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unplugged<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1097\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2020\/10\/16\/eu-code-week-play-your-own-game\/image-11-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-11.png?fit=430%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"430,334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-11.png?fit=430%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-11.png?resize=225%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1097\" width=\"225\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-11.png?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-11.png?w=430&amp;ssl=1 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We start with a good, old-fashioned game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. 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