Pastopia – Learn Through Play

About Course

Continue your coding adventure in the world of Pastopia. In Level 3, you’ll step into the realm of intermediate Python and start solving challenges with more structured, powerful programming techniques. Build real-world logic using functions, parameters, lists, dictionaries, and more complex control flows. Explore deeper coding patterns inside the Code Simulator, then apply your new skills directly in the Main Game through advanced quests and puzzles across the Thala region. From multi-layered conditionals to working with data structures, you’ll develop the skills, discipline, and problem-solving mindset needed to code like a true Python programmer

Course Content

Getting Started

Your Coding Toolkit
Getting Help from the Golem AI

Introducing Python
Python is an easy-to-learn programming language used to build games, apps, and more. In this module, you’ll discover how it works and write your first simple programs.

Basic Variables and Data Types
Variables and data types are the building blocks of programming. They allow you to store information and tell the program what kind of data it is working with, forming the foundation for writing clear and meaningful code.

Basic Mathematical Functions
Learn to perform basic mathematical operations in Python including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to build a foundation for problem-solving.

Boolean Expressions and Logical Operators
Learn how to use Boolean expressions and logical operators (and, or, not) in Python to check conditions and make decisions in your code.

Built-in Functions and String Methods
Learn to use Python's built-in functions like print() and list() to manage data, display information, and write cleaner, more efficient code.

Representation and Basics of Strings
Learn how to store, access, and manipulate text in Python using strings to manage data, search for information, and build text-based features.

Basic Decision Structures
Learn to use if, else, and elif statements in Python to make decisions and control how your program responds to different conditions.

Complex Decision Structures
Learn to handle complex decision-making in Python using nested if statements, elif/else chains, and logical operators to write clearer, more efficient code.

Loop Structures
Learn to use for and while loops in Python to repeat actions efficiently, automate tasks, and process large amounts of data.

Functions
Learn to create and use functions in Python to organize code into reusable blocks, making your programs cleaner, easier to read, and more maintainable.

List
Learn to create, access, modify, and loop through Python lists to store and manage multiple items efficiently in a single variable.

List Operations
Learn to search, sort, filter, and manipulate lists in Python using specialized operations to manage and organize data collections efficiently.

List Methods and Functions
Learn to use Python list methods like append(), remove(), sort(), and count() to efficiently add, delete, find, and organize items in your lists.

Tuples
Learn to create and use tuples in Python to store immutable data that cannot be changed, ideal for protecting important values and using as dictionary keys.

Accumulator Program Pattern
Learn to use the accumulator pattern in Python to track totals, find maximum and minimum values, and count occurrences while looping through data.

Two-Dimensional Lists
Learn to create and use two-dimensional lists in Python to store and organize data in grid formats like game boards and tables using rows and columns.

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Course Content

Getting Started

Your Coding Toolkit

Getting Help from the Golem AI

Introducing Python Python is an easy-to-learn programming language used to build games, apps, and more. In this module, you’ll discover how it works and write your first simple programs.

Objective

Comments in Python

What is indentation?

Basic Variables and Data Types Variables and data types are the building blocks of programming. They allow you to store information and tell the program what kind of data it is working with, forming the foundation for writing clear and meaningful code.

What are variables?

Using integer variables

Using float variables

Using strings variables

Examples on using variables and types

Type Conversion

Fix this code: Pairing is caring

Basic Mathematical Functions Learn to perform basic mathematical operations in Python including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to build a foundation for problem-solving.

Objective

Addition and subtraction

Multiplication and division

Fix this code: Life’s too short

Exponentiation

Modulus

Fix this code: Deja vu

Boolean Expressions and Logical Operators Learn how to use Boolean expressions and logical operators (and, or, not) in Python to check conditions and make decisions in your code.

Objective

Boolean expressions

Compound assignment operators

Logical operators

Boolean expressions in decision-making

Fix this code : Important decisions

Built-in Functions and String Methods Learn to use Python's built-in functions like print() and list() to manage data, display information, and write cleaner, more efficient code.

Objective

Built-in functions and string methods

Example on using string methods

Fix this code : Traffic light

Representation and Basics of Strings Learn how to store, access, and manipulate text in Python using strings to manage data, search for information, and build text-based features.

Objective

Using Strings

Sequences and indexing strings

Fix this code: Rewriting history

Basic Decision Structures Learn to use if, else, and elif statements in Python to make decisions and control how your program responds to different conditions.

Objective

Python if statement

Python if-else statement

Fix this code : Test your might

Complex Decision Structures Learn to handle complex decision-making in Python using nested if statements, elif/else chains, and logical operators to write clearer, more efficient code.

Objective

Python if-elif-else statement

Sequences of decisions and nested decision structures

Fix this code : Change up

Loop Structures Learn to use for and while loops in Python to repeat actions efficiently, automate tasks, and process large amounts of data.

Objective

Definite loops: for loops

Indefinite Loops: while loops

Fix this code 1 : L for loops

Nested loops

Fix this code 2: Layers on layers

Functions Learn to create and use functions in Python to organize code into reusable blocks, making your programs cleaner, easier to read, and more maintainable.

Objective

Defining functions in python

Function Calls

Function calls with parameter passing

Fix this code : Functions matter

List Learn to create, access, modify, and loop through Python lists to store and manage multiple items efficiently in a single variable.

Objective

Using List

Indexing list

List Slicing

Fix this code : Character List

List Operations Learn to search, sort, filter, and manipulate lists in Python using specialized operations to manage and organize data collections efficiently.

Objective

List Slicing

Finding Items in Lists with the in Operator

Example on Finding in Lists

Fix this code : Shape Manager

List Methods and Functions Learn to use Python list methods like append(), remove(), sort(), and count() to efficiently add, delete, find, and organize items in your lists.

Objective

List Methods

Introducing Python
Python is an easy-to-learn programming language used to build games, apps, and more. In this module, you’ll discover how it works and write your first simple programs.

Basic Variables and Data Types
Variables and data types are the building blocks of programming. They allow you to store information and tell the program what kind of data it is working with, forming the foundation for writing clear and meaningful code.

Basic Mathematical Functions
Learn to perform basic mathematical operations in Python including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to build a foundation for problem-solving.

Boolean Expressions and Logical Operators
Learn how to use Boolean expressions and logical operators (and, or, not) in Python to check conditions and make decisions in your code.

Built-in Functions and String Methods
Learn to use Python's built-in functions like print() and list() to manage data, display information, and write cleaner, more efficient code.

Representation and Basics of Strings
Learn how to store, access, and manipulate text in Python using strings to manage data, search for information, and build text-based features.

Basic Decision Structures
Learn to use if, else, and elif statements in Python to make decisions and control how your program responds to different conditions.

Complex Decision Structures
Learn to handle complex decision-making in Python using nested if statements, elif/else chains, and logical operators to write clearer, more efficient code.

Loop Structures
Learn to use for and while loops in Python to repeat actions efficiently, automate tasks, and process large amounts of data.

Functions
Learn to create and use functions in Python to organize code into reusable blocks, making your programs cleaner, easier to read, and more maintainable.

List
Learn to create, access, modify, and loop through Python lists to store and manage multiple items efficiently in a single variable.

List Operations
Learn to search, sort, filter, and manipulate lists in Python using specialized operations to manage and organize data collections efficiently.

List Methods and Functions
Learn to use Python list methods like append(), remove(), sort(), and count() to efficiently add, delete, find, and organize items in your lists.

Tuples
Learn to create and use tuples in Python to store immutable data that cannot be changed, ideal for protecting important values and using as dictionary keys.

Accumulator Program Pattern
Learn to use the accumulator pattern in Python to track totals, find maximum and minimum values, and count occurrences while looping through data.

Two-Dimensional Lists
Learn to create and use two-dimensional lists in Python to store and organize data in grid formats like game boards and tables using rows and columns.