When you want to have lots of the same object, you can often use clones (Scratch 2.0) to create them very easily. This also has the advantage that if you want to change them, you only have to do it…
Firing things
Lots of games have rockets and guns which the player uses to defeat their enemies. This video looks at a very simple way of adding shooting to your Scratch game. Download the Scratch 2.0 code: shooting
Bring your characters alive!
This video shows you how to add simple behaviours to your Scratch sprites. When they breathe and blink, you can make them seem much more alive. Think about the birds in Angry Birds – they don’t stand still like paper…
Costumes for your sprites
This video is about editing the look of your sprites. I also talk about the difference between bitmap and vector sprites. Scratch v2 which is available through your browser will let you edit vector images. Scratch 1.4 which you can download,…