Scratch Game

Intermediate

40 mins

Teacher/Student led

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+145 XP

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Dino food game

In this lesson, students will learn to create a simple game using Scratch. They will add and manipulate characters, control movement using keyboard keys, and make characters interact. They will also learn to add a backdrop to their game.

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1 Welcome to Dino Food Game
2 Create a new Scratch project
3 Add a character
4 Shrink the dinosaur
5 Make the dinosaur move up and down
6 Make the dinosaur move left and right
7 Add the Beetle sprite
8 Make the beetle move on it's own
9 Catch and eat the beetle
10 Add a backdrop
11 Wrap up
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1 - Welcome to Dino Food Game

Welcome to our exciting coding adventure! Today, we're going to create a fun game using Scratch. In this game, you'll control a dinosaur who loves to eat beetles. Your job is to help the dinosaur catch as many beetles as it can. We'll learn how to add characters, make them move, and even add sounds. Let's get started!

2 - Create a new Scratch project

Open the Scratch website create a new project. Delete the cat sprite from the project.

scratch.mit.edu

Scratch: How to create a new project

Go to the Scratch website using the link below and click on the 'Create' link in the blue bar at the top.

By default, each new project starts with the cat sprite already added. To delete the cat click on the x in the blue circle beside the cat in the sprite list.

https://scratch.mit.edu

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

+5 XP

3 - Add a character

In the game we are going to make a dinosaur move around by using the arrow keys on our keyboard.

But first let's add the Dinosaur4 sprite from the sprite library.

Scratch: How to add a sprite from the library

To add a sprite from the sprite library follow these steps:

Put your mouse over the Choose a Sprite button
Click on the magnifying glass
Find the sprite you want in the library
Click on your chosen sprite

You can use search box or the filter links (Animals, People, Fantasy etc) to locate your sprite.

+10 XP

4 - Shrink the dinosaur

When the dinosaur sprite gets added to our project, it's a bit too big for our game so let's add some code to shrink it and make it smaller.

Add the following code to the dinosaur sprite:

when green flag clicked set size to (50) %

Click on the green flag and the dinosaur sprite will shrink to half it's normal size.

+15 XP

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