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#1 2010-06-09 08:37:40

henley
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Registered: 2008-06-21
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Blocks in Forums

I am sick of the horrible, low graphic, out-dated blocks that are available to us in the Scratch Forums. So, I've decided to create an *OFFICIAL* list of the forums blocks that you can (A)Learn the pattern and use in your posts, (B)Copy and paste into your posts (C)Leave the thread.

Block Types
Stackable: [block ]
Reporter: (block)
Boolean: <block>
C: GET CREATIVE
Hat: GET CREATIVE

Insertables
Note: that these are all shown in a stackable block
Number/Reporter: [block (number) block] "( )"
Boolean: [block <boolean> block] "< >"
String/word: [block [string] block] "[ ]"
Drop-down: [block [selection v] block] "[ v]"
Text drop-down: [block [[string] v] "[[ ]v]"
Number/reporter drop-down: [block [(number) v] block] "[( )v]"
Color: [block [o] block] "[o]" Note: To express the color, you change the color of the o

Actual Blocks
MOTION
[move (10) steps]
[turn > (15) degrees]
[turn < (15) degrees]

[point in direction [(90) v]]
[point towards [sprite v]]

[go to x: (0) y: (0)]
[go to [sprite v]]
[glide (1) secs to x: (0) y: (0)]

[change x by (10)]
[set x to (0)]
[change y by (10)]
[set y to (0)]

[if on edge, bounce]

(x position)
(y position)
(direction)

LOOKS
[switch into costume [costume v]]
[next costume]
(costume #)

[say [string] for (number) secs]
[say [string]]
[think [string] for (number) secs]
[think [string]]

[change [graphicEffect v] by (number)]
[set [graphicEffect v] to (number)]
[clear graphic effects]

[change size by (number)]
[set size to (number)%]
(size)

[show]
[hide]

[go to front]
[go back (number) layers]


SOUND
[play sound [sound v]
[play sound [sound v] until done]
[stop all sounds]

[play drum [(number) v] for (number) beats]
[rest for (number) beats]

[play note [(number) v] for (number) beats]
[set instrument to [(number) v]]

[change volume by (number)]
[set volume to (number)%]
(volume)

[change tempo by (number)]
[set tempo to (number) bpm]
(tempo)

PEN
[clear]

[pen down]
[pen up]

[set pen color to [o]]
[change pen color by (number)]
[set pen color to (number)]

[change pen shade by (number)]
[set pen shade to (number)]

[change pen size by (number)]
[set pen size to (number)]

[stamp]

CONTROL

*unfinished, will finish later.

Last edited by henley (2010-06-09 08:38:53)


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#2 2010-06-09 11:13:47

coolstuff
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Registered: 2008-03-06
Posts: 1000+

Re: Blocks in Forums

Thanks! I hate forum blocks too... They're ugly and outdated. I think we just need better blocks, really. I just put it so that it looks right in the "code" tags.

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#3 2010-06-09 11:16:02

illusionist
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Registered: 2008-07-02
Posts: 1000+

Re: Blocks in Forums

http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=25723  big_smile


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#4 2010-06-09 15:01:33

MasterOfDeception
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Registered: 2009-12-29
Posts: 100+

Re: Blocks in Forums

You forgot sensing:

<touching [ v]?>
<touching color [o]?>
<color [o] is touching color [o]?>

[ask [ ] and wait]
(answer)

(mouse x)
(mouse y)
<mouse down?>

<key [[ ] v] pressed>

(distance to [[ ]v])

[reset timer]
(timer)

([[ ]v] of [[ ]v])

(loudness)
<loud>

([[ ]v] sensor value)
<sensor [[ ]v]?>

You also forgot sound and operators but I don't want to do those now.

Last edited by MasterOfDeception (2010-06-09 15:02:35)


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#5 2010-06-14 09:57:26

henley
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Posts: 1000+

Re: Blocks in Forums

MasterOfDeception wrote:

You forgot sensing:

(skip)

You also forgot sound and operators but I don't want to do those now.

Maybe you didn't read the bottom:

I wrote:

*unfinished, will finish later.

Last edited by henley (2010-06-14 09:57:42)


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#6 2010-06-14 22:17:09

Jonathanpb
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Registered: 2008-07-25
Posts: 1000+

Re: Blocks in Forums

These blocks look just like mine!  yikes   tongue

The Scratch Team might want to wait for 2.0, and then update the blocks.  smile


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#7 2010-06-22 17:56:53

nXIII
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Registered: 2009-04-21
Posts: 1000+

Re: Blocks in Forums

I should make a little PHP + HTML compiler for blocks which gives you forum code for blocks which actually look good. That will go on my list of things to do. I'll post here when I'm done.

PS: I'd suggest the use of this character: ■ for color arguments.

As in...

<touching color []?>
<touching color []?>

Last edited by nXIII (2010-06-22 18:19:09)


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#8 2010-06-22 18:25:36

coolstuff
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Registered: 2008-03-06
Posts: 1000+

Re: Blocks in Forums

nXIII wrote:

I should make a little PHP + HTML compiler for blocks which gives you forum code for blocks which actually look good. That will go on my list of things to do. I'll post here when I'm done.

PS: I'd suggest the use of this character: ■ for color arguments.

As in...

<touching color []?>
<touching color []?>

I look forward to seeing what you come up with! Also, that color argument thing is ingenius!.

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#9 2010-06-22 18:26:57

The-Whiz
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Registered: 2007-07-09
Posts: 1000+

Re: Blocks in Forums

Hm, I have a whole list of all the blocks already, here...

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#10 2010-06-22 19:31:01

SeptimusHeap
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Registered: 2010-02-01
Posts: 1000+

Re: Blocks in Forums

C shaped block:

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|forever___________________|
|[point in direction 90 v]
|[move 10 steps]____________
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#11 2010-06-23 01:47:52

Chrischb
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Registered: 2008-07-24
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Re: Blocks in Forums

There's a suggestion about updating the blocks here...


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#12 2010-06-23 07:15:37

coolstuff
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Re: Blocks in Forums

Chrischb wrote:

There's a suggestion about updating the blocks here...

This isn't so much a suggestion to updating the blocks as it is a list of text-based blocks.

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#13 2010-06-24 01:39:28

Chrischb
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Re: Blocks in Forums

coolstuff wrote:

Chrischb wrote:

There's a suggestion about updating the blocks here...

This isn't so much a suggestion to updating the blocks as it is a list of text-based blocks.

Well... it's suggesting that the blocks should be improved, and the list is a list of all the blocks that should go and the ones that should come so people know what to change.  hmm


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