Scratch

So often on the Scratch web site, I see games advertised with the words "Game Over" in the picture.  Who would want to play that?!

Here is one way to have a more polished game in 3 easy steps:

Take the few moments to make a title screen.

1. Just create a 480x360 sprite that is a nice graphic of your game, like a title page.
2. Add the following script to that sprite [blocks]
<when green flag clicked>
<show>
<go to front>
<set[ Ghost  ]effect to( 0
<wait( 1  )secs>
<repeat( 10
<change[  Ghost  ]effect by( 10
<end>
<hide>
<broadcast[ StartGame

3. Then, in each case where you would have put:
<when green flag clicked>

Place this instead:

<when I receive[ StartGame [/blocks]

See the following games for examples:

Fighting Bees
BlackJack
Hangman
Bath Time
or any of my games, really.

And, here's the most important part:

Take the time to display your title screen BEFORE you save your project.  The view you see in the editor when you press the save button (or the share button) is used to make the game's thumbnail that is shown on the web site.  Having an attractive thumbnail is one way to get people to try your game.

Last edited by BoltBait (2009-05-04 22:02:46)