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legomany3448 wrote:

I want to talk about how to make stuff move.  I know that that sounds silly, but it is difficult to make moving backgrounds and such.  It can also be difficult to have a sprite rebound off of a certain color.  If you have any suggestions, you can post them here.

Hello legomany3448! 

If you want to make a scrolling platformer game, if I correctly understood what you are trying to say, I suggest you check out this project by archmage that will teach you everything you need.

Link: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/archmage/76150

It's not silly to ask questions when you are new too Scratch, so feel free to ask any questions when you need help.

Welcome to Scratch, and Scratch on!

try this:
<when[ right arrow ]key pressed>
<point in direction( 90
<repeat until><<  <not>  >><key[ right arrow ]pressed?> <move( 3 )steps>

then duplicate this script, and change the direction and arrow key blocks to left arrow, up arrow, and down arrow. Get it? Hope I helped! 

Last edited by militarydudes (2010-09-03 13:06:29)

DistantVisit wrote:

legomany3448 wrote:

That's realy cool, but it's not what I meant.  I'm trying to make a maze game where I have a little black dot that travels through a maze.  I'm using a dark gray as the walls.  I'm trying to figure out how not to let the black dot go through the walls.  But yes, other people may apreciate that post seeing as this is a fourm about sprites moving in general.

[blocks]<when green flag clicked><say[Thanks though!]>[/blocks]

Black dot (Your Player):
[blocks]
<when green flag clicked>
<forever if <touching color[(Color of walls) >
<broadcast[ You lose!
[/blocks]

Let me add on to that. when you brodcast you lose, put this on a sprite that says "You Lose!":

<when green flag clicked>
<hide>

<when I receive[ you lose! ]
<show>
<stop all>

I just tried.  It didn't work.  Luckily, I have other resourses...
[blocks]
<when green flag clicked>
<say[    ]>
[/blocks]

It seems everything about your question has been answered here 
Never be afraid to ask questions that may sound 'silly'.
Just remember, we are all still learning and asking the more expirenced users is a top tip! 

how do you make stuff go left? i did the right thing accept left but i went upside down

soraroxas11 wrote:

how do you make stuff go left? i did the right thing accept left but i went upside down

Good question...Right above the area in the left of the screen where the little tabs that say scripts, costumes, and sounds, there are three icons: one of them shows a full arrow sort of circle, another one shows a line that goes from left to right, an another one just shows a sprite sitting there doing nothing.  Click on the circle to make your sprite be able to turn upsidedown.  Click the line to make your sprite only face left and right.  Click the still dot to make a sprite not rotate at all.  Unfortunately, you cannot tell a sprite to change this durring programming.  (Note: When telling your sprite to not rotate or to only face left and right, it will still go up if you tell it to go up, it just won't show that it is pointing upwards unless you tell Scratch to show that sprite's direction. 
[blocks]
(If you DO wish to show a sprite's          direction on the screen on the website, in

presentation mode, and in programming mode, then click on the little box next to <direction> where you drag blocks from to show that sprite's direction.  It will show up as a variable on the screen, only it will be blue because that is the color for motion.  You can use this trick with other values too, like the <volume> in sound or even a predicate like        <mouse down?> from sensing.)
[blocks]
Good luck!     <-- this is you (hopefully)