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zippynk wrote:

I don't recommend it, but you can already hide sprites. Make them the same color as the stage, then rename them as just one/as many as you want space(s). You can still click on them, but other people most likely won't notice them. You have to hide them with the hide block, though.

Or make a truly hidden sprite.


Anyways, scratch is about learning from others and viewing others' codes, so this is a definite no...

coolstuff wrote:

kayybee wrote:

zippynk wrote:

I don't recommend it, but you can already hide sprites. Make them the same color as the stage, then rename them as just one/as many as you want space(s). You can still click on them, but other people most likely won't notice them. You have to hide them with the hide block, though.

Or make a truly hidden sprite.


Anyways, scratch is about learning from others and viewing others' codes, so this is a definite no...

Yep. The computer industry was formed by people taking other peoples' ideas and improving on them. So was the art industry. And the food industry. And the furniture industry. And just about everything you know and love was created by somebody taking somebody's ideas, realizing the flaws, and redoing that to fix the flaws. On Scratch, we'd like to encourage that type of innovation, so we're keeping everyone's projects open to everyone.

I know, it would just be helpful if we could hide 1 or 2 

kayybee wrote:

funelephant wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

Yep. The computer industry was formed by people taking other peoples' ideas and improving on them. So was the art industry. And the food industry. And the furniture industry. And just about everything you know and love was created by somebody taking somebody's ideas, realizing the flaws, and redoing that to fix the flaws. On Scratch, we'd like to encourage that type of innovation, so we're keeping everyone's projects open to everyone.

I know, it would just be helpful if we could hide 1 or 2 

Just cover it with other scripts and hope people won't notice it. But sadly, that is the flaw of scratch (such as a password) you cannot hide it. if you want, move onto java or something where showing your code is not mandatory.

although in Java it is still possible to decompile...

Last edited by TRocket (2013-02-14 09:42:43)

I said maybe it should have a limit. I am really wondering if anyone is actually reading the whole thing...

HiddenObjects wrote:

funelephant wrote:

I said maybe it should have a limit. I am really wondering if anyone is actually reading the whole thing...

Hey! I am actually READING IT and it`s like a good idea for me!

Thanks! :DDDDD

It's not gonna happen, is the simple answer. One of the best things about Scratch is that it's so easy to learn from others. Why would you take that feature away?

zippynk wrote:

I don't recommend it, but you can already hide sprites. Make them the same color as the stage, then rename them as just one/as many as you want space(s). You can still click on them, but other people most likely won't notice them. You have to hide them with the hide block, though.

he was talking about [b]SCRIPTS[/b}

funelephant wrote:

I think we should have the ability to hide scripts in scratch. This could maybe be a new feature in Scratch 2.0. For example, if in a game you had to make a code that you would have to get from a different area. People could just download it and find the code. If that's a problem with the whole sharing thing, maybe there could be a certain number of scripts you could hide, maybe about 5. I hope you consider my idea!

If you want to, to some degree, prevent people from viewing the code, you can compile the scratch project to and exe or app using BYOB, Scratch2EXE, or Scratch EXE Creator.

K-Jam wrote:

zippynk wrote:

I don't recommend it, but you can already hide sprites. Make them the same color as the stage, then rename them as just one/as many as you want space(s). You can still click on them, but other people most likely won't notice them. You have to hide them with the hide block, though.

he was talking about [b]SCRIPTS[/b}

Putting a script on a hidden sprite hides the script.


And yes, hiding just one script is still hiding scripts.

And just wondering, how do you extract an sb file?

kayybee wrote:

K-Jam wrote:

zippynk wrote:

I don't recommend it, but you can already hide sprites. Make them the same color as the stage, then rename them as just one/as many as you want space(s). You can still click on them, but other people most likely won't notice them. You have to hide them with the hide block, though.

he was talking about [b]SCRIPTS[/b}

Putting a script on a hidden sprite hides the script.


And yes, hiding just one script is still hiding scripts.

And just wondering, how do you extract an sb file?

Right click and select "show package contents".

(Mac)

The purpose of Scratch isn't creating good projects solely to gain loveits and followers, but creating good projects so that others can learn how to successfully program. Hiding even one script diminishes that, and so I don't support.