Scratch

Great guide! Should be stickied 

Go to Show and Tell for that.

It is time.... for the BUMP

Great guide Firedrake! Nice. 

Thanks all!

flint1099 wrote:

@pizza22 I"m on the Moonbyte team! I'm sorta an intern though 

???  Off-topic?

Sholvanic1058 wrote:

Hold on. Scratch isn't all about popularity, it's about what people can do.

Read the guide.   

I wrote:

1.  Do what you love.  It won't seem like a chore to you.  Love programming bases, but not levels?  Do it!  It'll be faster, and you'll turn out better products.  People will like them more.  Don't gripe about it.  If you do, try something else.

6.  Scratch is not about fame.  It's just for fun, so not every great project is on the front page.  Some not-so-great ones are on the front page.  Don't expect to have all amazing projects on the front page.

In summary, do what you love.  Don't try to get famous, or it will be a LOT of work.  People will constantly annoy you, try to copy you, and want more projects.  Believe me, I've been there.  The key points are numbers one, three, six, and seven.  Read those, and you will have a great time at Scratch.

Great advice! I for one am not worried about getting famous ( although i really would like Scratcher status so that I can use a signature). For instance, I am very active, and a moderator on the minecraft forums, but on here, I am not very well known, however, this does not bother me, because I love to create my own games with Scratch, and that is the reason I am here.

Firedrake969 wrote:

MC forums where?

Thanks for the compliments!

What do you mean? The website is http://minecraftforum.net

cool 

I think this guide is especially important to consider with what may be upcoming surges of new users, particularly educators and children. The former of many different skillsets and the latter just being introduced to Scratch as a first language. MIT's Learning Creative Learning course has encouraged its thousands of participants to go create Scratch programs and upload them to the website as part of the course activities. The forum is likely to see some of us straggling in, and I doubt that Scratch will somehow get less popular over time especially with the ambitions of Scratch 2.0. I think this guide is important for the many different types of new users but also to revisit for seasoned vets. New types of Scratchers are joining up and participating, many of which are only interesting in trying a new (to them) gateway language and create something (anything) with their own typing hands. Many new users may not even be thinking in terms of fame and notoriety and instead may just be hear happy to be part of the collaborative lot of it all. Great resource and positive words of wisdom. Thanks for posting and bumping it.

How do I sign with a signature?