Scratch

Also, some of the projects you see here have been produced by some very talented programmers who would probably admit that Scratch was not the best programming language to have written them in.

But they made them just to prove they could do it - in the same way some people try to climb Everest without oxygen 

Start off simple - for an animation - just make a picture - copy it to the next costume- alter it - and repeat until you've got something - then just write a simple program change costumes and you'll soon have an animation.

For games - look at how some of the simple projects that come with scratch have been done and  start changing things and see what happens.

regards

Simon

Sorry for double posting.
Paddle2see, if you think that if i ask someone and they will help me, then could you help me?

I'm having the most problem understanding the variables and numbers. Do you have a hotmail? Mabey we can talk. I want to start by learning how to make a simple game like pong or pac-man.

Thanks Joren , it kinda helped me understand.

Is any manager or mod gonna look at this and and actually listen to my suggestion, or am i just wasting my time?

AnAlien wrote:

I am new here and i don't really know that much about Scratch. It looks interesting but i cant do all the fun things like making cool animations or games. If you click on the support link. You can only find the basics of Scratch. I want to learn more. Still don't know how to make those games like the advanced. And you can't find anyone to help you, this is why i made this topic, for newcomers like me. I know that some people will say:
You have to keep practicing and you will slowly learn more or something like that, but i want to learn now!!!

If i am wrong about the support page on this site and there is something that covers everything about Scratch, please tell me and not get mad for making you read all this for nothing.
                                                                                                ~Alien

Sounds like you might be able to get some benefit from studying Scratch programming tutorials.  See http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocHomeSchool.htm

Dick Baldwin
Free Alice tutorials:  http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocalice.htm
Free Scratch tutorials:  http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocHomeSchool.htm
Free Java/C#, etc. tutorials:  http://www.dickbaldwin.com/toc.htm

AnAlien wrote:

Thanks Joren , it kinda helped me understand.

Is any manager or mod gonna look at this and and actually listen to my suggestion, or am i just wasting my time?

AnAlien-

Don't worry - we hear you 

Thanks for your feedback, we are always working on ways to improve the site.  While we hope to soon add features that make it easier for new users to jump right in, we want to emphasize that our community of users is the best resource for learning and sharing information. 

Our goal is to make it easier for you to find the answers you need and we will be working on ways to better manage and organize the helpful communications and advice our users are already sharing.

Thanks again for your suggestions, we always appreciate feedback from the community!

AnAlien wrote:

Dbal, i will take a look at  your tutorials when i get home. Right now i am at school, sneaking on this website, lol.

Relyt, i do that a lot, but i still think that there should be a better help page.

Have you discovered the Reference Guide.  It's not perfect, but isn't bad.  In case you haven't found it yet, click on the Want Help? button at the top of the user interface.

You can also right-click on individual blocks in the toolbox to get help for them.  Sometimes that help is good, sometimes not so good.  Probably depends on who wrote it.

Dick Baldwin
Free Alice tutorials:  http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocalice.htm
Free Scratch tutorials:  http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocHomeSchool.htm
Free Java/C#, etc. tutorials:  http://www.dickbaldwin.com/toc.htm