If you love it…let it go 
Join @shakao, @jwunderl, @richard, and me as we make a game about strategically releasing a balloon to get to the goal! But there are fans and spikes on the walls, so you have to be smart about it! The balloon also traces its own path so you can see the result later.
Watch the full stream here: https://youtu.be/lB7AYfvnOio
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The square root thing really confuses me in the video
ooo yeah the distance formula, right? It’s basically:
sqrt((x1-x2)^2 + (y1-y2)^2)
but since we don’t have a square function, I have to make it
sqrt((x1-x2) * (x1-x2) + (y1-y2) * (y1-y2))
which just makes it so long 
we don’t have a square function,
One of the options on the basic math operator block is ** which corresponds to JavaScript’s exponentiation operator:
You can use that one to square something slightly more compactly by doing val ** 2.
Honestly, I’m 13 and that is to confusing for me
omgggggg TIL
ahhh is the distance formula the confusing part or the translation into code?
I don’t know any of that. I just started eighth grade.
I’m mainly in to block coding than javascript or python
ahhh yeah that’s totally fair!
the distance formula is basically used to find the distance between two points. So you have point 1 (x1, y1), and point 2 (x2, y2), and you just plug that into the formula!
yeah you can do so much within blocks XD
Woooooooooooooooow! 
Me too. It is easier.
I code with blocks
You’ll get there, @Dreadmask197 ! Things like the distance formula will make more sense once you get to your algebra class. Take as much math as you can in high school! The more exposure you get to math, the easier some of these more complex ideas in computer programming get. Keep working at it, and keep asking questions! We’re all here to help.
