Scratch

bhz wrote:

I would like it if you can modify say bubbles and variable reporters like we do sprites (effects, font size/color, BG color, etc)

I agree. They same thing for variables would be great as well.

Being able to use a list like a list of buttons

better drawing quality ^_^

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How about [ save list [ list1 ] to storage ( 1 ) ] and [ load storage ( 1 ) to list [ list 1 ] ] blocks. Storages would be text files.
If you shared a project online it could save the lists to cookies.
You wouldn't lose the storages data if you would close Scratch or a Project page and for each project a new data file would be saved, to prevent overwriting two equally named storages.
This feature would be very useful for level editors, saving games, game creators etc.
And you should be able to export and import lists from / to clipboard, to share the created games/levels/savegames etc. you created/saved.

And there should be < [ text1 ] = [ text2 ] > blocks to better compare texts (without having to use additional variables).

Another useful thing would be a { until-block shape }. A repeat block could do something until { i recieve [ message ] }. The block would be true until it is "used".
E.g. if you have a [ forever until < > ]-block, you could drag a < statement >-block or an { until }-block into it.

Maybe a [ hide mouse pointer ]-block and a [ show mouse pointer ]-block would make it easier to create games with a variable mouse pointer.

And something like Build Your Own Blocks would be extremely useful to create shortcuts to long processes that take much space and slow down Scratch.

Last edited by ScratchScripter (2008-12-24 05:09:02)

I like to think about the future, too. Any idea when 1.4 might might come out? 

registeel wrote:

joeisawesome wrote:

Whoa, you guys are already thinking about 1.4?!

  YARR WE LIKE THE FUTURE 

Make the parts of a single sprite separately addressable (this is likely a difficult change).

If I make a sprite of a robot, I would like to move just the robots arm up and down. Today I need separate costume images for the entire robot to do this.

A new kind of variable, like a textbox. It's a block in which the user can type something, which can be used elsewhere in the program. For example, You could
type the name of say, a virtual pet, and then the pet then says their name, like...
<say[<{name}> ]for( 5 )secs>. It would have the title of the "text variable", the spot in which the text is written, and an optional sumbit button.

This would allow for a cheat code bar in games, or to allow the user to customize
the program.

Last edited by Macintoshface (2008-12-23 17:37:20)

Define and call function blocks.

ScratchScripter wrote:

How about [ save list [ list1 ] to storage ( 1 ) ] and [ load storage ( 1 ) to list [ list 1 ] ] blocks. Storages would be text files.
If you shared a project online it could save the lists to cookies.
You wouldn't lose the storages data if you would close Scratch or a Project page and for each project a new data file would be saved, to prevent overwriting two equally named storages.
This feature would be very useful for level editors, saving games, game creators etc.
And you should be able to export and import lists from / to clipboard, to share the created games/levels/savegames etc. you created/saved.

And there should be < [ text1 ] = [ text2 ] > blocks to better compare texts (without having to use additional variables).

Great ideas

Another useful thing would be a { until-block shape }. A repeat block could do something until { i recieve [ message ] }. The block would be true until it is "used".
E.g. if you have a [ forever until < > ]-block, you could drag a < statement >-block or an { until }-block into it.

Forever until is the same as Repeat until (already there)

Maybe a [ hide mouse pointer ]-block and a [ show mouse pointer ]-block would make it easier to create games with a variable mouse pointer.

And something like Build Your Own Blocks would be extremely useful to create shortcuts to long processes that take much space and slow down Scratch.

Some more great ideas

A delete and duplicate block.. and a when (any number) pressed...

techy wrote:

Also it would be nice to have a text box block.. it woul have a place where you enter text

You mean like this?|
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I earlier wrote:

A new kind of variable, like a textbox. It's a block in which the user can type something, which can be used elsewhere in the program. For example, You could
type the name of say, a virtual pet, and then the pet then says their name, like...
<say[<{name}> ]for( 5 )secs>. It would have the title of the "text variable", the spot in which the text is written, and an optional sumbit button.

This would allow for a cheat code bar in games, or to allow the user to customize
the program.