Cool Scratch projects in easy steps
Book - 2016
"Cool Scratch Projects in easy steps gives you great ideas to create computer games and other projects that'll impress your friends and family -- and you'll have endless fun creating and playing them! The book provides step-by-step instructions for building projects that show off some of the cool things you can do with Scratch. It starts with two simple projects to get you started. Find out how to: make a game with animated cartoon characters ; build a drum machine and make random music ; use anaglyph glasses for 3D effects and 3D Art ; design amazing mazes in a 3D environment ; create your own stop motion films ; use the ScratchJr app to create games and interactive stories anywhere using your iPad or Android tablet. Cool Sc...ratch Projects in easy steps has projects for Scratch 2.0 on a PC/Mac and Scratch 1.4 on the Raspberry Pi, and includes a Raspberry Pi Camera Module project. Each project includes suggestions for customizing it, so you can make it your own!"-- Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Published
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[Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK] :
In Easy Steps
[2016]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 180 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 pair 3-D glasses
- ISBN
- 9781840787146
- Introduction
- Top tips for making these cool projects
- Notes and Resources
- 1. Magic Mirror
- Introducing Magic Mirror
- Using Scratch
- Using Scratch 1.4
- Making the cat move
- Making the mirror
- Adding the reflection
- Adding the magic controls
- Polishing the magic mirror
- 2. Gribbet!
- Introducing Gribbet!
- Drawing the frog's body
- Drawing the frog's face
- Drawing the background
- Animating the eyes
- Setting up the variables
- Adding the frogs' scripts
- Making the final images
- Adding the main game script
- Ending the game
- Customizing Gribbet!
- 3. Drum Machine
- Introducing Drum Machine
- Drawing the background
- Drawing the grid
- Adding the beat marker
- Adding the cursor
- Adding the switch controls
- Adding a drum
- Adding finishing touches
- Remixing Drum Machine
- 4. 12 Angry Aliens
- Introducing 12 Angry Aliens
- How the 3D effect works
- Testing the anaglyph effect
- Making the starry sky
- Drawing the crosshairs
- Moving the crosshairs
- Adding the target sprites
- Adding the red alien scripts
- Adding the cyan alien scripts
- Adding the fire button
- Customizing the game
- 5. 3D Artist
- Introducing 3D Artist
- Building 3D Artist
- Adding the random artist
- Customizing 3D Artist
- 6. Space Mine 3D
- Introducing Space Mine 3D
- Drawing the tunnel
- Drawing the numbers
- Setting up the game
- Adding the tunnel
- Adding the numbers
- Building the game
- Adding the finishing touches
- 7. Maze Maker and Circuit Breaker
- Introducing Maze Maker
- Making the grid
- Preparing the background
- How the maze maker works
- Checking rooms and walls
- Understanding how it works
- Testing the wail checker
- Preparing for the cat code
- Making the maze maker
- Adding components
- Saving mazes
- Displaying mazes
- Adding the bug
- Adding the player's sprite
- More amazing ideas to try
- 8. 3D Maze Explorer
- Introducing Maze Explorer
- Creating the wall images
- Creating the door
- Creating the sky and floor
- Positioning the left walls
- Testing the walls
- Adding the right walls
- Building the test maze
- Entering movement data
- Adding the player scripts
- Drawing the maze
- Showing the walls
- Testing the maze display
- Adding player movement
- Adding a compass
- Adding the exit door
- 9. 3D Maze Explorer: Finishing touches
- Rewarding the player
- Adding collectables
- Collecting items
- Using drawn mazes
- Adding a map
- Customizing the game
- 10. Sprites, Cameras, Action!
- Sprites, Cameras, Action!
- Shooting and viewing shots
- Editing the frame sequence
- Adding captions
- 11. Super Wheelie in ScratchJr
- Introducing ScratchJr
- Starting Super Wheelie
- Building the first level
- Adding the second level
- 12. Five shorties
- Scratch Cat Maestro
- Going Dotty
- Pipeline Defender
- Digital Scoreboard
- Baby, I'm a starfish!
- Index