Greenfoot video tutorials: basics

Author: Michael Kölling

These tutorials have been reproduced with permission from Michael Kölling

Greenfoot Introduction

A quick overview: What is Greenfoot, what can it do?

34Mb Length: 12 min.

Creating a New Scenario

How to set up a new scenario

39 Mb Length: 6.5 min

Creating Movement

An introduction to getting actors to move

57 Mb Length: 14 min

Running GridWorld in Greenfoot

This topic is most interesting for teachers in the American AP Computer Science programme. Other viewers may want to skip this video.

GridWorld is the AP Case Study, and this video shows Gridworld in Greenfoot. See also Greenfoot and Gridworld.

62Mb Length: 13.5 min

Making Backgrounds

Various ways to set background images for scenarios. Includes using image files, and painting the background.

21Mb Part 1: Length: 7.5 min

8Mb Part II: Length: 4 min

7Mb Part III: Length: 3 min

33Mb Part IV: Length: 8.5 min

Source code 1 (part I and II)

Source code 2 (part III)

Reactiving to Mouse Clicks (and Mouse Movement)

An introduction to using mouse input, such as clicks and mouse movement, to make something happen.

60Mb Length: 17.5 min

Source Code

Initialising the world

How to set up your world to a proper starting state, so that you don't always have to create objects by hand.

29Mb Length: 11.5 min