dotmavriq / superjoao

Super João is an original game made in Scratch that I did for the edX Harvard CS50 course.

Super João - A Fun and Challenging Scratch Game

Super João is an addictive Scratch game that puts you in the shoes of little João, a boy who's picking cherries for his beloved grandmother. However, João's task isn't easy, as he has to deal with a greedy crow that wants all the cherries for himself. The more cherries you pick, the angrier the crow becomes, and the more crows join his murder, making the game progressively harder.

Gameplay

The game is simple to play, but challenging to master. You control João's movements using the arrow keys on your keyboard. You move him around the screen, collecting cherries while avoiding the crows. If you touch a crow, you lose a life, and if you lose all your lives, the game ends. The goal is to collect as many cherries as possible before the game ends.

The game's difficulty level increases as you progress, with more crows joining the murder, increasing with each cherry you pick.

How to Play

To play Super João, you need to have the Scratch engine installed on your computer. You can download it from here. Once you have installed the Scratch engine, download the .sb3 file from this repository, and open it in the Scratch engine. You can then click on the green flag to start playing the game.

Alternatively, you can also play the game directly from your browser by visiting the following URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/562193156.

Contributing

Super João was developed for the edX Harvard CS50 course and I'm happy to share it with you. However, if you want to contribute to the project, feel free to fork the repository and make changes as you see fit. I would love to see what improvements you can make to the game.

Suggested improvements

• First music track should loop.
• Making the cloned crows more distinct
• Quality of fairness improvements like making sure that cloned crows don't freeze all too close to where João spawns after he's been hit.
• RNG after certain cherry amount being a blessed cherry that has a wolf clearing one quarter of the level from all crows.

License

Super João is licensed under the MIT License. You are free to use and modify the game as you see fit, but I'm not responsible for any damages or loss incurred while using the game.

Credits

Super João was developed by Jonatan Jansson(@dotmavriq), and it wouldn't have been possible without the amazing resources provided by the Scratch community. I'm grateful to the Scratch team and the community for making game development so accessible and fun for beginners.

Shoutouts to my beloved Margarida and her family. My family and my friends.