Category: Creative Technology
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Finishing Strong: BR Completes His Project
BR had a great session today. He completed his bird feeder build by adding the roof section, including fitting a felted area for weather protection, making some excellent contributions to both the design and build stages of his project.
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What a week at SB Mentoring!
It’s been a brilliant week of creativity, problem-solving, and genuine skill-building across all of our sessions. Here’s a look at what our students have been getting stuck into. One student built a “Cookie Clicker” style game in Roblox Studio, diving into Lua scripting to debug and refine their auto-clicker shop system. They even brought in…
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FS Finishes His Rabbit Hutch
Today was the big day — FS completed his rabbit hutch! This session marked the culmination of weeks of hard work, problem-solving, and careful craftsmanship, and the finished result is something to be proud of.
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From Loom to Rug: LG Begins His First Tufted Piece
From Loom to Rug: After building and completing his loom last week, LG was eager to move on to a full rug project — and today marked that exciting next step.
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Explaining, Improving, and Polishing: MM Reflects on His Game Design
We began today’s session by looking back at last week’s work and using the green screen to capture MM explaining what he had already achieved in his game. MM then added new code to make the coins disappear when collected, he also animated the coins by adding multiple frames. #alternativeprovision #arcademakecode #gamesdesign #calne
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Refining the Experience: ES Develops His Arcade Game
Improving Gameplay Mechanics During the game development session, ES refined the gravity controls, improving how the character moves and responds on screen. This adjustment made the gameplay feel smoother and more intuitive. He also introduced a “kill” mechanic and an endgame sequence, adding structure, challenge, and a clear sense of progression to the game. #arcademakecode…
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Thinking in 3D: Thomas Advances His Drone Design
Drone Design: Adding Detail and Functionality A key focus of the session was adding a fan guard to the drone. To achieve this, TE used a range of different modelling techniques, carefully considering both form and function. This addition not only improves the design visually but also shows his understanding of how components need to…
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TE Builds Drone Chasis in #OnShape 3D Design
TE kicked off the new year in excellent form, continuing to develop his chassis design with real focus and growing confidence. This session highlighted just how much his technical understanding and #OnShape CAD skills are progressing.
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Bringing It to Life: AC’s Animatronic Eyes in Action
we finally got to see the animatronic eyes working! It was a session filled with problem-solving, persistence, and a very satisfying payoff at the end.
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Bringing It All Together: DD’s Speaker Lighting Nears Completion
DD made great progress today as he focused on the final stages of the lighting system for his speaker project. This session highlighted how well his practical electronics skills and design thinking are coming together.
