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Table of Contents

Guide

25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids

Scratch

Games

for Kids

Max Wainewright

25 SCRATCH 3 GAMES FOR KIDS.

Copyright 2019 by Max Wainewright

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ISBN-10: 1-59327-990-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-990-5

Publisher:

William Pollock

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Dedication

To past and present pupils of New End Primary School

Table of

contents

Ackowledgements

A big thanks to all my family for their support

Rachel, Linus, Elsa, and everyone else.

Thanks to all at MIT/Scratch for creating such a

fantastic website.

Thanks to everyone, especially the pupils, at New

End Primary School for inspiring me.

Thanks to everyone at No Starch Press for their

encouragement, support, and patience.

Thanks to previous colleagues and friends who

have supported and championed my ideas,

including Daniel, Anthony, Nigel, Lewis, Rob, Ben,

Rich, Samson, Karyn, Dan, Donna, Lorraine, Jyoti,

Charlie, Gillian, Maxime, and Natalie. Thanks to

Anne for the advice and Bob for listening

viii

THE SCRATCH EDITOR

The Scratch Editor is where you create projects in Scratch. Here are its main parts:

Block Categories

Code blocks in the

Block Palette are

sorted into colored

groups. Click a

category to scroll

to the blocks in

that category.

Code Blocks

The code

blocks in the current

group are shown here.

Scroll down if you cant

find the block you want.

Menus

Use the File

menu to save or

load your projects.

Coding Area

Drag and

drop the blocks here and

snap them together to

create your program.

Start and Stop

Click

the green flag to start

your code, or the stop

sign to stop it.

Stage Size

Use these

buttons to make the stage

smaller, set it to normal

size, or fill the screen.

Main Tabs

Switch from

coding, drawing,

or adding sound.

Tutorials

Some

help videos are

shown here. Click

the white X to close

this panel.

Sprite List

All the

sprites in your

project are shown

here. The selected

sprite has a blue

border around it.

Choose a Sprite

Add a new sprite

to your project.

Choose a

Backdrop

Add a

new background

to your project.

The Stage

Your program

will run here.

Sprites

Objects that

move around

on the stage.

Sprite Info

Displays

information

about each

sprite, such

as how big

it is.

In this book, youll learn how to code your

own games with Scratch 3. Youll use

different blocks to create code. Youll also

learn how to add objects called

sprites

and

use code to tell them what to do. At the end

of each chapter, youll find challenges to help

you take your skills to the next level!

introducing

scratch 3

But before you start

coding, lets learn a little

about the website well

be using.

viii

ix

THE MAIN TABS

Youll need to switch between the three main areas of the Scratch Editor while youre creating your games.

These areas let you code, change how your sprites look, or add sound to a sprite.

Scratch has so

many code blocks,

sprites, and sounds

to learn about.

Dont panicyoull

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