Scratch

Wow!

I really like this!

The disc where off placed - but I now understand the sprites are on the flash x,y values, starting from the upper left corner.

Is this difficult to fix? I thought it's possible by just adding "225-realx" or something like that. Same for the wrong y axis: *-1?

However, it would be so cool if you could publish the source code...

However, it would be a wonderful alternative to the sluggish Java player 

Changes for the day:
   * Coordinate system is now correct although sizing and center-point are not
   * Some better logging [new text area] which mostly shows what blocks are not implemented
   * Mouse and Text events are now being processed -- so hats based on them should work
   * Color-table graphics are working right (or better)... most notably Scratch the cat is rendered correctly I believe

And I forgot to mention, you can pass a 'purl' argument (Project URL) to the page and that will be the starting project in the 'open' section.  For example:
   * http://nowur.com/scratch/ScratchPlayer.html?purl=http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/parseroo/259590

And if you want it to auto-open, just add 'open=true'.  Auto-start, add 'start=true'.  So the following should show a horizontal smiley face at the top of the display area:
   * http://nowur.com/scratch/ScratchPlayer.html?purl=http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Paddle2See/202369&open=true&start=true

Last edited by parseroo (2008-09-20 02:09:21)

This is awesome

This is........ ! Scratch....on Flash! It is amazing. LIke JSO said, it would be awsome if you published the source code.

This is great! 

parseroo wrote:

A newer version is now available.  I believe it has a reasonable (but preliminary) version of binding Scratch coordinate system, scaling, etc. to Flash display capabilities.  Costume changes, show/hide, and most other look and motions work.  But a few don't (no 'bounce', 'move toward ...').  And Pens / Sound / sensing blocks are not attempted yet.

Given I think the current code is reasonable in structure, I put it up on Google Code at:
   * http://code.google.com/p/scratchonflash/

And the core of the Scratch code is at:
   * http://code.google.com/p/scratchonflash/source/browse/#svn/ScratchPlayer/trunk/src/com/chimu/scratchplayer

Note that I am not sure about the license -- so consider that license (the MIT License) to be tentative because I had access to Scratch source in creating this project.  I will ask that question to the scratch team in a separate topic.

VanMaxus wrote:

I have one question, I ma wondering is it possible to upload flash movies as a background to the scratch animations?

Nope. Try converting your flash to an animated gif or picture sequence instead.

This is incredible! It's interesting to see someone take Scratch to Flash (I do a lot of graphics in Flash, then port them over to Scratch, then, if you continue work on this, back into Flash  ). I'm going to look at the source right now...

Astonishing indeed 

A version with a pass at Pens and Stamps is up at:
   * http://nowur.com/scratch/ScratchPlayer.html
   * http://code.google.com/p/scratchonflash/

I also created a gallery where people can add projects they think would be good to prove and disprove whether ScratchOnFlash is working properly.  It is at:
   * http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/29151

And in case people did not notice, there is a short Design Summary wiki page at:
   * http://code.google.com/p/scratchonflash/wiki/DesignOverview

Key input should be working fine.  I believe all the 'When' hats are working -- have been since first release.  I test with a project that responds to key events, so I am pretty sure those all work unless one of my 'name' -> 'character' mappings is wrong.  Basically the status is:
   * Motion : 90% -- Missing bounce and point towards
   * Looks : 50% -- Has costumes, size, show/hide, and one effect.  But no 'Say' or layers
   * Sound: 0%
   * Pen: 80%+ -- Has stamps and pens but no 'change shade'
   * Control: 100%
   * Sensing: 0%
   * Numbers: 90% -- Missing the named functions ('sqrt') ... this would be trivial to finish
   * Variables: 100%

Or sorted the other way, current status is something like this:
   * Control: 100%
   * Variables: 100%
   * Numbers: 90% -- Missing the named functions ('sqrt') ... this would be trivial to finish
   * Motion : 90% -- Missing bounce and point towards
   * Pen: 80%+ -- Has stamps and pens but no 'change shade'
   * Looks : 50% -- Has costumes, size, show/hide, and one effect.  But no 'Say' or layers
   * Sound: 0%
   * Sensing: 0%

This is incredible! You are amazing!

Any more progress? I'm really interested in this, I think it could turn out amazingly.

a few ?'s:

does this make scratch run as if it where written in flash (it can handle say 20-50 sprites at one time)?
would it be possible to post projects on something like newgrounds and it would run through the flash player?

a suggestion for this is to write something like this in C++ or Java which is reaching boundaries of where we can use 10,000 sprites at once, which would mean nobody would ever have to complain about scratch's running speed EVER again (unless there are some dopes who would find it fun to make it run 20,000 sprites and make a complaint)

I haven't downloaded it yet, and I won't until it's finished, but I'll be happy to know that I can now make games that will run at much more respectable speeds, can't wait for it to be done, I'll be able to use all the scripting techniques I've had to put to shame because they would use too much processing power