This comprehensive guide serves as your step-by-step roadmap to navigating the official project editor, mastering your very first script, and bringing your creative ideas to life. 1. Setting Up Your Scratch Account
Let’s apply your knowledge. We will build a simple "Cat Chases Mouse" game. This uses the core concepts of the Scratch projects editor.
Whether you're a student, teacher, or curious adult, this guide breaks down exactly how to navigate the editor and launch your first project.
This opens up that project's exact coding in the editor. You can see exactly how the creator made their game move, score points, or play music. You can even click the "Remix" button to copy their project and add your own custom changes. Step 5: Naming, Saving, and Sharing scratchmitedu-projects-editor-tutorial-getstarted
Look at the bottom right corner of the screen in the section.
To make your projects visually unique, you need to understand costumes. A sprite can have multiple "costumes," which are different images that you can switch between to create animation or change appearances. To edit them, select your sprite and click the "" tab at the top of the Block Palette.
To make the code run automatically, go to the yellow Events category. Drag the when green flag clicked block and snap it to the very top of your stack. This comprehensive guide serves as your step-by-step roadmap
Creating a free account is strongly recommended because it unlocks critical features. Without an account, your project lives only in your browser's temporary memory. If you close the tab or clear your cache, your hard work could vanish. With an account, your projects are saved to the Scratch cloud. You can access them from any computer, with the world, and join studios or forums.
The individual characters or objects that hold code. The default sprite is the iconic Scratch Cat. Backdrops: The backgrounds assigned to your Stage. 3. Creating Your First Script: "Move and Say Hello"
Sprites are the characters and objects in your project. This area lets you add, delete, rename, resize, or change the positioning of your sprites. We will build a simple "Cat Chases Mouse" game
Click it to open the vast library of animals, people, food, and music items.
To create a new project, click on the "File" menu and select "New Project." You can also click on the "Create" button on the Scratch website.
One move is not very exciting. We want the cat to keep moving. Go to the category (orange) and find the " repeat 10 " block. Drag it to your script area, but instead of snapping it at the top, pick it up and place it so it encloses the "move 10 steps" block. Your script should now look like this:
Stores changing data like scores, timers, and high scores.