Scratch

scimonster wrote:

scratchisthebest wrote:

I think that "box" would be a good name for the backpack, but that's only if backpack isn't picked. I like backpack. 

I believe "backpack" has been picked already.

Boxes are better hiding places for stolen items than backpacks.

Do you you know how much there is left to program in 2.0

I know Scratch is a way to learn, but the box sounds like  great way to steal scripts, and give credit or not, I want most of my important Scratch work to stay my work.  Seeing scripts, remixing and importing, and letting scripts be copied to another project should be able to eneble and disable so Scratchers have the privacy they need.

cheeta wrote:

I know Scratch is a way to learn, but the box sounds like  great way to steal scripts, and give credit or not, I want most of my important Scratch work to stay my work.  Seeing scripts, remixing and importing, and letting scripts be copied to another project should be able to eneble and disable so Scratchers have the privacy they need.

What you're talking about is a remix lock. This has already been rejected by the Scratch Team, as sharing (including scripts and sprites) is an integral part of Scratch.

For the graphics thing, will you be able to switch back to pixels easily? I like the look of pixels for some things. Also, will imported images be... converted into vector or something?

luiysia wrote:

For the graphics thing, will you be able to switch back to pixels easily? I like the look of pixels for some things. Also, will imported images be... converted into vector or something?

Currently it is sort of mixed - you can draw and import vector, but you can also import bitmaps.

luiysia wrote:

Huh. I hope you can still draw in bitmap 

Yeah, it would be very irritating if that wasn't an option.   

@Lightnin  I would love to share my projects on Scratch, but I'd rather share the engine then have someone start out using the entire project.  I've used Scratch for around five years and been on the website for nearly four, so there is no way I am going to quit, but with Scratch 2.0 allowing online then there is enough included to make projects competing with many serious programming hardwares.  Allowing everyone to use other people's work is the only reason why I should move on from Scratch.  Scratch has taught me how to program so having every project available for people to learn from is great.  However, many great projects have been copied and sprites or scripts stolen.  Many of my friends have quit Scratch because their work was stolen from them.  I have flagged some of these projects if they are trying to get all the credit, but not one has ever been deleted or even had responce.  As much as I like Scratch, I don't like the fact that you can either show your projects to everyone and help some learn, but risk having your work stolen, or keep them offline and not show anyone your work at all.  I have so many projects I would share to show progress, but it is not worth the risk of having someone else use before the full game is released.

Sadly, I don't think Scratch will change any of the script permission, so maybe importing a project can have something like remixed that tells who made the project that was imported.  Also, if a project is remixed, maybe a notification should appear in the messages Scratchers get.  Favorites, remixes, and even imports of a user's projects would be a great option to eneble or disable which ones send a message to that user.

Last edited by cheeta (2012-06-27 02:06:18)

@Greenatic The problem with that is many scripts, including scrolling, are usually similar, even though another person may have figured it out later.  In order to do some things, many equations need to be made, which would look similar to other scratchers using that equation.  If the person made it entirely themselves then they shouldn't have to give credit, even if they looked at another's scripts.  If it counted slight differences, some scripts that the person made by themselves could be mixed with another's scripts.  If only excact same scripts were counted, anyone not wanting to give credit could easily add or delete something to the script to make it different.  Importing a project or sprite is possible to give credit to the project it was originally made in, but if there are several sprites that were imported from different users it would be a problem to give credit to everyone.

Yay, an update! Even though I'm a bit late...

CNMustang wrote:

Is there a version of adobe flash player for Ubuntu 12.04?

Yes. You might have to uninstall the Flash plugin for FF, though.

savaka wrote:

Does the "project credits" section show credits for backpack items?

Not automatically. However, that part was updates so the notes and credits are on the same tab.

Failord wrote:

One concern that you might want to bring up: What if I have a leaderboard with cloud variables and somebody hacks the game? They could troll, spam, or cheat the highscores. I would like it if it was set up so that edited projects do not affect the original's cloud variables.

They thought of that. The cloud variables are by project, but by that specific project. If someone else is modifying the code, it becomes a different project, and gets its own cloud variable space.