Scratch

Scratch needs to be able to quarantine parts of a script that fail.  It would be also good if it would identify the problem.  For example, it would say, divide by 0 error if you tried to divide by 0

Last edited by ooogabooga (2008-11-21 16:44:38)

Scratch should have more sample backgrounds and costumes.

Scratch should become 3d. It could be promoted as the "Advanced Version" to a higher tier of users.

There should be something that explains in detail the cosine and tangent blocks.

I agree with nunga.  The comment block is desperately needed.  In BASIC, the simple letters 'rem' were capable of rendering a section of code as useless.

Last edited by ooogabooga (2008-02-18 17:19:05)

Attention all Scratchers,
Do you guys know the if on edge bounce Block?

There should be a block that does if same thing except that you can insert a certain thing such as   "touching color______" or "touching _________"

Scratch needs a set of prepackaged sprites that do a certain thing inside the sprite folder.  For example, there could be a sidescrolling sprite, a cannon sprite, and a generic moving sprite.  These would help out beginning programmers.

oogabooga has a good point—it is difficult to disable a set of commands in scratch without ripping apart the script and putting it back together.  Even putting a "repeat 0 times" around a chunk of code requires a lot of mousing to pull the script apart.

When you import an animated gif into a scratch project, it would be convenient if the next costume script got included automatically, or perhaps a warning would pop up saying something.

Jman720,
I found out the trick from one of my friends at school.  Don't you like it? 

There needs to be better help that explains how certain blocks, like the "forever if" one, work.

The Scratch program needs clearer error messages: I reached  some taboo number and I got a cryptic message.