Key things I learnt

• A neuron is just a machine that makes a guess, refines it, and does that again

• A neural network is just a bunch of neurons stacked together.

Aaaaanyways, I made an example project on my github. The way it works is that it trains the AI with 5 scenarios then gives the AI a last scenario as a "test" by the user.

My golf cart crashed into my tail... owweee...

-Guy the lizard(fictional

I am not an expert in AI. This may be inaccurate.

I was on my computer today watching a video and I was struck by a thought. A neural network is basically a machine that guesses, updates its guess, and repeats. All it does is take a few inputs, guess, compare, guess, compare, guess, compare, then, TADA! A piece of code of an essay or something. The network itself is just many layers of neurons, like a cake.

Any thoughts?

Image description: Inky and Squirt staring at a Neural network cake. The input layer(stand) has 3 neurons, 1 hidden layer(cake layer) has 5, another with 4, another with 3, and an output layer(candle) with one neuron

Always thought it was hard? It isn’t!

Let me show you how to make it using Scratch in under 10 minutes! It will look something like this:

You can play it here: Flappy Banana if you want to test it, and if you want to see something more advanced that I made (took more time) check out Rocket Cube on Scratch .

Scroll down for the steps:

1. Make a new scratch project

Go to scratch. If you don’t have an account, sign up for one. It’s free! At the top of the page, there is a button that says ”Create” next to the logo. Click it. It should look something like this:

Looks like that? Good. Name it.

1. Art

Now press “Costume” (Below the logo) and paint something like a bird, a dragon, an airplane, a rocket, it could be anything! If you want it to animate, make multiple costumes. I will make a flying banana:

Looks good, but the banana is WAY too big in the preview on the right. We can fix that though. WITH CODE!!! Switch back to the code tab and put in this code:

This should make it smaller. Feel free to play around with the size! Ok, now click the purple button in the bottom right corner. THE ONE WITH THE CAT. This is important.

Press the search button. You should see some things. Choose the one that looks the most like a pipe or zapper or mountain. If it looks weird, change it. I chose a building.

1. Code buildings

Click on the building. Add this code:

Ok, the buildings are working fine.

“But, Asher,” you ask. “The buildings don’t vary in height and they cluster at the left!” Add this code:

Run the program. It should work.

1. Player movement

Click on your player. Make a variable called SpeedY and add this code:

Ok, now when you press space your banana (or something else) flys up, but you can crash yourself into buildings with no consequences. Let’s fix that.

1. Lives and Game Over

Add a variable called “LIVES” and this code to the player:

The code below is for the building.

The game works! But why stop here…

1. Challenges for experienced coders

   1. Try adding points

   2. Add a second player

   3. Make it so you can move forward and back too.

   4. animate!

Comment your submissions at Flappy Banana Submissions (Mine is animated)

Some other games I made are under the profile NoomKlaw on Scratch to play too!

IDK how this works...

-Guy the Lizard

You can view them here:

https://codepen.io/Noomklaw888/pen/wBzaqGr

Play them here: http://nkarcade.noomklaw.com/

🚀 The Games

Cubit Cart A unique endless scroller where you must manage your height to dodge obstacles and change your jump height.

• Controls: Up/Down to change height, Left/Right to move, Space to jump.

Tycoon: Generate revenue and buy upgrades. It's the perfect game to let run while you work.

• Controls: Use space to upgrade your money generator.

Brick Breaker The arcade classic. Use your paddle to bounce the ball and clear the screen of all bricks.

• Controls: Left and Right arrows to move the paddle.

Google Dino My custom take on the iconic "No Internet" game. Run, jump, and survive the desert obstacles!

• Controls: Up or space to jump.

Blob Adventure A survival-style arena shooter. Stay moving and blast the red Slimies before they get you!

• Controls: WASD or Arrow keys to move, Space to shoot.

Blocky Space A retro-style space shooter. Collect points to become increasingly overpowered.

• Controls: WASD or Arrow keys to fly. Space to shoot

Platformer Test: A Co-Op platformer test where you and your buddy each have powers! Master the jumps and navigate the terrain together!

• Controls: Arrow keys for green(cubit), Space to air freeze(cubit), WASD for yellow(Cubet).

• Red is spikes OR can be a button(hehe) and near the end checkpoint button

• Green is checkpoints. Black is platform. Cubet can stand on Cubit.

For more cool games(not python), follow Noomklaw on Scratch!

source code here: https://github.com/Noomklaw888/code/blob/main/Projects/Pictores_digital_venandi.py

The Start

The program after a while

Red ate Yellow, others are painting. Press Q to fix…

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tKZaZ3JOxk8rlPB5Rj3flavv5tHQp4k3Y5Ijq45WV1U/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0

Pictures:

Cubit(arrow keys) and Cubet(WASD)

Spikes(red) and Checkpoints(green)

Any ideas on what I should add?

UPDATE: I've put it on nkarcade under "Platformer Test"

or go here:

https://codepen.io/Noomklaw888/pen/vEXEBgV

And that's OG noomklaw.com!

This is my first blog post that should be on “Noomklaw.com”. I’m very excited to start sharing posts.

What to expect:

• Games 🎮

• Art 🖼️

• And more stuff! :D

Today we have a game:

Play it here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1240330971 or see the embed.

Instructions

Press Left and Right to aim the character.

Press A and D to change planets. (Wait a second) Each planet has different gravity. 🌎

Press Space to launch. Press 1, 2, and 3 to change characters.

Each Prop has different mechanics. Cube Prop: Moves left or right every few seconds. Rocket Prop: Flys every few seconds. UFO Prop: Floats!!! Not affected by gravity.