Scratch
archived forums
#1 2010-07-03 04:20:35
- colorfusion
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2009-10-03
- Posts: 500+
Why so many recent projects the same?
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/mark5950/1168659
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/fbgkstj789/1168658
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/nabogiyo/1168664
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/VIPSH/1168628
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/RSCRACH/1168633
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/6417/1168635
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/LOVETime/1168634
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/ccoo/1168636
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/OAH/1168637
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/rlaskgus/1168676
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/VIPSH/1168677
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/HaNeul/1168669
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/rlaskgus/1168602
There seems to be loads of projects with a Chinese or something name then just a simple cat that moves with the arrow keys.
Their are slight variations like green walls and one has swapped the costume but none are remixes of eachother apparently
Has that sprite and movement just become really popular or is something weird going on?
EDIT: More are being made by the second!
EDIT: I am starting to see a load more older ones that move with the mouse instead.
Last edited by colorfusion (2010-07-03 04:27:27)
Offline
#2 2010-07-03 04:29:25
- markyiscool
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2008-04-09
- Posts: 100+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
Good question, by the time I've finished reading this and checked the Scratch homepage, all recent projects are that of similar design.
Think about how many different pong games there are, all differing usually in some way or another. Perhaps these people are trying to experiment with the Scratch website, to see how different projects appear online compared to on the Scratch program.
Wanted the Netherlands to win or want to re-experience Spain's victory? Do it withthis!
Projects not being loved, here's an idea!
Offline
#3 2010-07-03 04:30:25
- Wolfie1996
- Retired Community Moderator
- Registered: 2009-07-08
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
It might be a school/class - they often set tasks such as "make a sprite move when the arrow keys are pressed", and upload at roughly the same time 
"...Jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade, when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructing implement..." - Bill Bryson, Mother Tongue
Offline
#4 2010-07-03 04:36:26
- markyiscool
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2008-04-09
- Posts: 100+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It might be a school/class - they often set tasks such as "make a sprite move when the arrow keys are pressed", and upload at roughly the same time
An even better reason. I downloaded one and noticed that the scripts weren't 'cleaned-up', perhaps because the student was in a hurry to upload it.
Wanted the Netherlands to win or want to re-experience Spain's victory? Do it withthis!
Projects not being loved, here's an idea!
Offline
#5 2010-07-03 04:38:16
- colorfusion
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2009-10-03
- Posts: 500+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It might be a school/class - they often set tasks such as "make a sprite move when the arrow keys are pressed", and upload at roughly the same time
I was just thinking that 
I suppose it would explain it.
Offline
#7 2010-07-03 12:48:07
- juststickman
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2009-05-31
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
markyiscool wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It might be a school/class - they often set tasks such as "make a sprite move when the arrow keys are pressed", and upload at roughly the same time
An even better reason. I downloaded one and noticed that the scripts weren't 'cleaned-up', perhaps because the student was in a hurry to upload it.
Cleaned up? That means nothing though. I don't always clean up my big projects.
Offline
#8 2010-07-03 12:50:40
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
juststickman wrote:
markyiscool wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It might be a school/class - they often set tasks such as "make a sprite move when the arrow keys are pressed", and upload at roughly the same time
An even better reason. I downloaded one and noticed that the scripts weren't 'cleaned-up', perhaps because the student was in a hurry to upload it.
Cleaned up? That means nothing though. I don't always clean up my big projects.
I do - my scripts are always squeaky clean when I upload a project
Offline
#9 2010-07-03 12:57:28
- Wolfie1996
- Retired Community Moderator
- Registered: 2009-07-08
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
juststickman wrote:
markyiscool wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It might be a school/class - they often set tasks such as "make a sprite move when the arrow keys are pressed", and upload at roughly the same time
An even better reason. I downloaded one and noticed that the scripts weren't 'cleaned-up', perhaps because the student was in a hurry to upload it.
Cleaned up? That means nothing though. I don't always clean up my big projects.
And, a lot of people don't know about cleaning up scripts... it took me a month or so to discover the right click menu
"...Jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade, when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructing implement..." - Bill Bryson, Mother Tongue
Offline
#10 2010-07-03 20:00:18
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
Wolfie1996 wrote:
juststickman wrote:
markyiscool wrote:
An even better reason. I downloaded one and noticed that the scripts weren't 'cleaned-up', perhaps because the student was in a hurry to upload it.Cleaned up? That means nothing though. I don't always clean up my big projects.
And, a lot of people don't know about cleaning up scripts... it took me a month or so to discover the right click menu
Same. Dx
Now I always use it. 
I fall: It's a tragedy. You fall: It's comedy.
Hmph enjoy your fall - I get a lovely spring... without pans of new leaves.
Offline
#12 2010-07-03 21:00:52
- qwertypower
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-02-24
- Posts: 100+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It might be a school/class - they often set tasks such as "make a sprite move when the arrow keys are pressed", and upload at roughly the same time
That's most likely what happend. That happend to me when my class uploaded lot's of projects.
Add zip the cybug, bob the sea urchin, and firegrob to your sig!Offline
#13 2010-07-03 21:02:24
- qwertypower
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-02-24
- Posts: 100+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
Chrischb wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
juststickman wrote:
Cleaned up? That means nothing though. I don't always clean up my big projects.
And, a lot of people don't know about cleaning up scripts... it took me a month or so to discover the right click menu
Same. Dx
Now I always use it.
I try to ALWAYS clean up my projects.
Add zip the cybug, bob the sea urchin, and firegrob to your sig!Offline
#14 2010-07-03 22:40:31
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
Chrischb wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
juststickman wrote:
Cleaned up? That means nothing though. I don't always clean up my big projects.
And, a lot of people don't know about cleaning up scripts... it took me a month or so to discover the right click menu
Same. Dx
Now I always use it.
Me too. I tend to nitpick about that, but at first I didn't know what "clean up" meant, so I was afraid to click it.
Last edited by Harakou (2010-07-03 22:41:04)
Offline
#15 2010-07-04 03:20:10
- markyiscool
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2008-04-09
- Posts: 100+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
juststickman wrote:
markyiscool wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It might be a school/class - they often set tasks such as "make a sprite move when the arrow keys are pressed", and upload at roughly the same time
An even better reason. I downloaded one and noticed that the scripts weren't 'cleaned-up', perhaps because the student was in a hurry to upload it.
Cleaned up? That means nothing though. I don't always clean up my big projects.
When there's only 4 scripts and 1 sprite, why wouldn't you? And other people agree with me:
The-Whiz wrote:
My scripts always have to be aligned, or it bothers me...
and
qwertypower wrote:
I try to ALWAYS clean up my projects.
When it's so simple and makes your scripts easier to understand next time you edit it, why wouldn't you 'clean-up'?
Wanted the Netherlands to win or want to re-experience Spain's victory? Do it withthis!
Projects not being loved, here's an idea!
Offline
#16 2010-07-04 05:51:39
- Wolfie1996
- Retired Community Moderator
- Registered: 2009-07-08
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Why so many recent projects the same?
Hmm... I think this question is solved 
We're getting a little bit off-topic in here, so I'll close this thread. Feel free to make another thread about "clean up scripts"
"...Jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade, when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructing implement..." - Bill Bryson, Mother Tongue
Offline