Scratch

Overview

"Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively."

Watch the Scratch Overview Video

Examples:

• Most Loved Games This Month

• Classic Games

  • ‍‍Frogger‍‍

  • ‍‍Pong‍‍

• Music

  • Electric Piano

• Platformer

  • Cube World

• Scrolling

  • Bounce (scrolling platformer)

• Other

  • Mem Your Mind

  • Demolition Degan!

Challenges

• Easier

  • Complete and "hack" all of the Scratch Cards

  • Animate Your Name

  • Complete and "hack" the projects from the Learn Scratch Video Course 1 & Learn Scratch Video Course 2

  • Scratch Art

    • Simple Shapes Challenge

    • Coordinate Drawings

    • Flower, Fireworks, or Snowflake

  • Virtual Aquarium Challenge

  • Birthday, Greeting or Holiday Card Challenge

  • Super Scratch Programming Adventure (we have 10 copies of the book)

    • Riding a Flare from the Sun

    • A Space Odyssey

  • Etch a Sketch (sample)

    • Could you turn this into a two person game, trying to "trap" the other person?

  • Debug Challenges

• Advanced Beginner

  • Making a Catch Game (Scratch Team)

  • Making a Jumping Game (Scratch Team)

  • Making a Pong Game (Engage)

  • Making a Maze Game (Google CS)

• Intermediate

  • Google CS (get class code from teacher)

    • Game Design: Racing Game, Maze Game, Platformer, Escape Game, Launcher Game, Quest Game, Side Scroller Game

  • ASL Tutorial (Sign Language)

  • Learn Scratch Video Course 3

  • Maze Challenge

  • Car Racing Challenge

    • Take it farther with Project 3 from Scratch 2.0 Game Development

  • Pong Challenge (the ORIGINAL video game)

    • MIT Tutorial/Tips

  • Scratch Art Projects

    • Flower Garden

    • Fireworks Display

    • Snowflake Storm

    • Caracoles

    • Scratchson Pollack

    • Flower Generator

    • Paint Box

    • Pattern Pen

    • Mesmerizing Mandala

  • Frankenstein - Find 2 or more games, borrow parts from each to come up with a new game (idea from Creativity Labs)

  • Debug Challenges

• Super Scratch Programming Adventure (we have 10 copies)

  • Trapped by Mona Lisa's Smile - Louvre Puzzle

  • Defend Hong Kong's Technocore - Hack Attack! (Matrix Character)

  • Penalty Kick in Ipanema - Rio Shootout (targeting system)

  • Scratchy's Wild Ride - Desert Rally (Indiana Jones character in side scroller game)

  • The Lost Treasure of Giza - The Maze (interactive maze with booby traps)

  • Wizard's Race (Harry Potter character - button mashing game)

  • The Final Fight ... In Dark Space (Star Wars Character)

• Debug It Challenge

• More Projects To Get You Thinking

  • Canon Target Practice (directions in the book Scratch 2.0 Game Development)

    • Can you make it more like Angry Birds?

  • Tower Defense (directions in the book Scratch 2.0 Game Development)

  • DJ Scratch Cat

  • Human Organs

  • Scratch Invaders (uses clone feature)

  • Battleship 1.5

  • Tutorial - Building a platform game

  • Paper Minecraft v8.1 (2D Minecraft)

  • Animate a (school appropriate) joke

  • Simon

  • Ice Hockey, Air Hockey, or Ice Hockey V 1.5.9

  • Geometry Dash - Part 1 & Part 2

• The Beauty and Joy of Computing—BJC (uses Snap instead of Scratch since you can build your own blocks)

Tutorials:

• Getting Started

• Scratch Cards

• Scratch Team - Tips and Tricks (including Unlock the Block)

• Scrolling

• Turn-Based RPG

• Raspberry Pi Foundation Tutorials

  • Deep Sea Sushi Game

  • Flower Generator

  • Don't Fall In! - build a top-down view, obstacle or platform, parkour game

• The Beauty and Joy of Computing—BJC (uses Snap instead of Scratch since you can build your own blocks)

Resources:

• Scratch Site - http://scratch.mit.edu/

• Video Tutorials - http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Video_Tutorials

• Activity Cards - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Activity%20Cards%20-%20English.pdf

• Scratch Worksheets - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/22-scratch-worksheets

• Other Tutorials

• Scripting Tutorials

• Scratch Reference Guide - http://info.scratch.mit.edu/sites/infoscratch.media.mit.edu/files/file/ScratchReferenceGuide14.pdf

• LearnScratch.org - 32 video based lessons/projects on Animation, Drawing, Games, Interactive Art, Math, Music and Simulation

• Scratch for Budding Computer Scientists

• iPad - Scratch will not run on an iPad, but similar options are:

  • Hopscotch HD (free)

  • Snap! is based on Scratch and will run on an iPad (website from UC Berkeley)

• Books

  • Learn to Program with Scratch

  • Scratch 2.0 Game Development

  • Super Scratch Programming Adventure!

• Raspberry Pi Foundation - Scratch Challenges