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Welcome to scratch 

I've just been having a play around so far, I've made a 2-player VolleyBall game that is actually quite fun to play 

I've made a project that allows me to scroll, I plan to build on this by re-creating a basic version of Super Mario Bros, atleast 1 level of it.

I've made a Pacman game, the ghosts are kinda silly though as they are really easy to get stuck. AI is hard in scratch 

Have you made any projects so far?

Cool!

An easy program for using gives is called GIMP, which is a free download.
I can't link you as being a new member i can only link to the scratch website.

I'll add you as a friend and see if I can help you out 

I tend to either Google my sprites or draw them in the sprite drawing thing.
Perhaps I should look into using GIMP 

I'm sorry, i'd rather not make a level for you, working on my own stuff to begin with 

FlyingHatTrick wrote:

NeoAtVic wrote:

I tend to either Google my sprites or draw them in the sprite drawing thing.
Perhaps I should look into using GIMP 

If you can, do so~

Some games will be better with good sprites. I find GIMP more better to use than the sprite editor in Scratch, but it's a matter of opinion. 

If you ever look into it and make a sprite on there, always save your sprites as a GIF if you want a transparent background (applied manually), so it looks better in Scratch when you import it.

Actually, you can also save the image as a PNG, which is generally better than a GIF. 

@NeoAtVic: Have you checked out Scratch Resources yet? It's a place where Scratchers share images, sprites, and sounds for other Scratchers to use. You may also want to check out this thread for more stuff you can find on the internet that you could use in your Scratch projects. 

Last edited by cheddargirl (2010-12-13 15:50:53)

cheddargirl wrote:

FlyingHatTrick wrote:

NeoAtVic wrote:

I tend to either Google my sprites or draw them in the sprite drawing thing.
Perhaps I should look into using GIMP 

If you can, do so~

Some games will be better with good sprites. I find GIMP more better to use than the sprite editor in Scratch, but it's a matter of opinion. 

If you ever look into it and make a sprite on there, always save your sprites as a GIF if you want a transparent background (applied manually), so it looks better in Scratch when you import it.

Actually, you can also save the image as a PNG, which is generally better than a GIF. 

PNG's a pretty good option, but GIF is generally better when it comes to keeping transparent backgrounds on Scratch. I've tested it... Or you can save as both. Keep two of the same, yanno?

FlyingHatTrick wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

FlyingHatTrick wrote:

If you can, do so~

Some games will be better with good sprites. I find GIMP more better to use than the sprite editor in Scratch, but it's a matter of opinion. 

If you ever look into it and make a sprite on there, always save your sprites as a GIF if you want a transparent background (applied manually), so it looks better in Scratch when you import it.

Actually, you can also save the image as a PNG, which is generally better than a GIF. 

PNG's a pretty good option, but GIF is generally better when it comes to keeping transparent backgrounds on Scratch. I've tested it... Or you can save as both. Keep two of the same, yanno?

PNG is actually quite capable of keeping transparent backgrounds like GIF, and, as NeoAtVic said, it keeps higher detail in comparison to GIF. The only difference might be in consideration to file size and animation (GIF is capable of animation frames whereas PNG is not).

@Cheddargirl,

I meant in Scratch... unless it can keep the transparency when you import PNG files? I find it really doesn't for PNG when you import sprites saved in that format into Scratch, but it does so for GIFs... unless there's a way to keep it like that without having to edit it using the sprite maker?

@Neo

Congrats on making Scratcher! Now I have to get there too~

*gives a cookie to him*

FlyingHatTrick wrote:

@Cheddargirl,

I meant in Scratch... unless it can keep the transparency when you import PNG files? I find it really doesn't for PNG when you import sprites saved in that format into Scratch, but it does so for GIFs... unless there's a way to keep it like that without having to edit it using the sprite maker?

My version of Scratch seems to keep transparency regardless of whether the imported file is a GIF or a PNG. Maybe it's different for different computers or different versions of Scratch. 

NeoAtVic wrote:

Edit: WOOHOOO I'M A SCRATCHER!

Aw man 

Ok guys that are just getting to scratch welcome for a first project would any of you like to be in this http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/BigMac123456789/1488308 I will give you credit and everything in project notes if so go there and comment IT WILL BE EPIC i will also luv all your projects