Scratch

TimeFreeze wrote:

I think scratch should have custom blocks. The point of custom blocks would be to put other coding inside them so that it would be sort of like generating a new type of block. You could export the custom blocks, and use them in other projects. For example, it would be in a new section called "custom".  Like this: http://www.freewebs.com/scratchclubsite … %20Tab.gif http://www.freewebs.com/scratchclubsite … 20Tab2.gif. To make a block you would have to click this: http://www.freewebs.com/scratchclubsite … 7361717941. The block could hold several blocks inside like this:http://www.freewebs.com/scratchclubsite … 0Block.gif http://www.freewebs.com/scratchclubsite … 0Block.gif. This would be very useful for shortening out your scripts that are too long or saving a certain script that you use multiple times.

i love that suggestion but i would like a different color though.

That would be very useful, instead of copying scripts and dragging them to where you want


PS-  Why do you have 3 different accounts, TimeFreeze, TheChosenOne, Time4Scratchers.

Last edited by Infinex_emperor (2008-09-11 19:53:59)

bhz wrote:

Broadcasts can do that.

when I receive [something]
clear graphic effects
clear
stamp
repeat (20)
- change [ghost] effect by (5)
- change size by 5
set size to 100%
clear graphic effects
clear

And for when you want to activate the scripts inside it:

broadcast [something]

But this is good for shortening scripts that are waaay too long.

See, the thing is that you can't export brodcasts. This would be like creating your own little block that you can use in all of your projects.

Also note that I forgot the ending attachment part of the block, srry.

color brown

I think that Scratch should be able to support different programming languages 9than of course convert) so we can literally program our own blocks

Hi, TimeFreeze.

Nice suggestion! It's well thought-out and your arguments are clear.

I agree, it would be really great to be able to make your own custom blocks in Scratch, both to use them in your own projects and to share them with other users.

We (the Scratch Team) has been thinking  a lot about this feature. But we were thinking that it would be nice if the user-created block could take parameters, the way the built-in blocks do. For example, you might want a parameter to control how fast or far a sprite moved. Do you have any ideas about that?

  -- John

This would shorten a lot blocks, but it's nothing than a block-hold (no offense).

there is a way around this. Instead of useing a brodcast as mentioned above, you could create a veriable and a If statement, you could then when ever you need the script have that the verible go to 1 then back to 0. On the backround you could have a script: when green flag pressed forever if (veribale)=1 (enter script).
You could also then make this statement on a empty project with no other scripts/sprites and save it. Whenever you then need that script you could import it using the Extras feuter.
Hope that helps

yambanshee wrote:

there is a way around this. Instead of useing a brodcast as mentioned above, you could create a veriable and a If statement, you could then when ever you need the script have that the verible go to 1 then back to 0. On the backround you could have a script: when green flag pressed forever if (veribale)=1 (enter script).
You could also then make this statement on a empty project with no other scripts/sprites and save it. Whenever you then need that script you could import it using the Extras feuter.
Hope that helps

It helps, but I knew this already. The point of custom blocks is to make it variable-free, and easy to use. If you imported the project every time from the extras, you would have to delete the irrelevant sprites.

And that would be a real pain...

      ---TF

Last edited by TimeFreeze (2008-09-19 19:03:47)

That would be so awesome!

How would you program it? Sounds good! How about choosing what colour you want?