Emojis

Embark on a fun journey of programming your Microbit to display various emojis. Start a new project, create different faces such as asleep, happy, sad, and meh. Test your code in the simulator, add an angry face for when you shake your Microbit, design your own face, and finally, test your code on your Microbit.

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1 Create a new Microbit project
2 Show the asleep face
3 Make it happy
4 Make it sad
5 Make it meh
6 Test your code in the simulator
7 Make it angry
8 Design your own face
9 Test your code on your Microbit
Challenge
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1 - Create a new Microbit project

Go to the makecode.com website and start a new Microbit project.

Microbit: How to create a new Microbit project

Go to the Makecode.com Microbit website using the link below and click on the 'New Project' button underneath the 'My Projects' heading.

https://makecode.microbit.org/

Install the micro:bit app on your iPad or tablet.

Open the app, tap 'Create code' and then create a new project.

5 points

2 - Show the asleep face

In this lesson we're going to make our Microbits show different faces. At start let's show the asleep face, add the following code.

basic.showIcon(IconNames.Asleep)

10 points

3 - Make it happy

Now let's program the A button to make our Microbit happy by showing the happy face. Add the following code.

input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, function () {
    basic.showIcon(IconNames.Happy)
})

10 points

4 - Make it sad

Now let's program the B button to make our Microbit sad by showing the sad face. Add the following code.

input.onButtonPressed(Button.B, function () {
    basic.showIcon(IconNames.Sad)
})

10 points

5 - Make it meh

The meh face is not quite happy and not quite sad, just kind of in between! Add the following code.

input.onButtonPressed(Button.AB, function () {
    basic.showIcon(IconNames.Meh)
})

10 points

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Emojis

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1 - Create a new Microbit project

Using the makecode website

Using the micro:bit app

2 - Show the asleep face

3 - Make it happy

4 - Make it sad

5 - Make it meh

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