Scratch

masterhand7 · 2010-03-02 14:58:06

With the news that Scratch 2.0 will be in Flash, I'm wondering about the possibility of professionally made games made with Scratch. Sites such as Armor Games and Newgrounds accept Flash entries, so I'm contemplating the possiblity of a Scratch entry when 2.0 is released. What do you guys think? cool

archmage · 2010-03-02 15:00:03

Sorry, it doesn't work like that. When you make a scratch project you make a .sb file, flash files are .swf. Those websites will not accept .sb files.

masterhand7 · 2010-03-02 15:03:55

Oh. Can the Scratch team then include a feature that allows the program to have different file extensions (.exe as an example?)?

Bopitman99 · 2010-03-02 15:05:34

masterhand7 wrote:
Oh. Can the Scratch team then include a feature that allows the program to have different file extensions (.exe as an example?)?

Jens has done something like that:

http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=4148

archmage · 2010-03-02 15:08:31

Yeah, changing the file type would be difficult because .sb files are not programs themselves, they are just instructions and graphics that are run by a player.

Jen's .exe program just makes it look like the program is a .exe file. I think what it does is it unpacks the .sb and the scratch player then runs the project in presentation mode.

I wouldn't expect them to let you get .swf files seeing as how there is no website/program that will do this for free. If it was that simple I would expect all the tools that are similar to scratch to have this feature.

Last edited by archmage (2010-03-02 15:11:50)

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#1 2010-03-02 14:58:06

Scratch in Flash=Professional game?

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