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Scratch Platformer

In this lesson, you'll learn to build a platformer game in Scratch. Follow step-by-step instructions to design characters, create platforms, and code movements. Start crafting your game and explore endless creative possibilities with each step!

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1 Introduction
2 Create a new Scratch project
3 Create your sprite
4 Create the 'platform' sprite
5 Resize your character
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1 - Introduction

Welcome to the Scratch Platformer lesson! In this lesson, you will learn how to create your very own platformer game using Scratch. You will design your own characters, create platforms for them to move on, and write code to control their movements. Let's get started!

2 - Create a new Scratch project

Go to the Scratch website, create a new project and delete the cat sprite.

Scratch: How to create a new project

Go to the Scratch website using the link below and click on the 'Create' link in the blue bar at the top.

By default, each new project starts with the cat sprite already added. To delete the cat click on the x in the blue circle beside the cat in the sprite list.

https://scratch.mit.edu

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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3 - Create your sprite

In the game you will control a sprite that moves through the platforms.

Paint a new sprite and give it two costumes, one costume with the eyes looking right (call this costume "right") and one costume with the eyes looking left (call this costume "left").

You can design your sprite however you wish but for this example we will just use a simple box character with eyes.

Scratch: How to create your own sprite

You can create your own sprites using the sprite editor. To create a new sprite put your mouse over the Choose a Sprite button and then click on the paintbrush.

This create a blank sprite and will open the sprite editor where you can use the tools to create your sprite. You can even create extra costumes for your sprite!

Tip: give your sprite a name so that you can recognise it in the code blocks.

+25 XP

4 - Create the 'platform' sprite

We will create a sprite that has the platforms that our character will move through. This platforms sprite will have multiple costumes and each costume will have a different set of platforms.

For now just create the new sprite and call it 'platform'. Design the first costume with a box that covers all of the bottom of the screen.

In a later step, we will create some more costumes of this sprite with different platforms.

Scratch: How to create your own sprite

You can create your own sprites using the sprite editor. To create a new sprite put your mouse over the Choose a Sprite button and then click on the paintbrush.

This create a blank sprite and will open the sprite editor where you can use the tools to create your sprite. You can even create extra costumes for your sprite!

Tip: give your sprite a name so that you can recognise it in the code blocks.

+25 XP

5 - Resize your character

You may need to resize your character so it will fit properly in the game. If you do add the following code and play around with the size value until you get your character about the same size as the picture with this step.

Add the following code to your character sprite:

when green flag clicked set size to [20] %

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Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is available for free at https://scratch.mit.edu

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To get the URL link of your Scratch project:

Make sure you're logged into Scratch.
Click on the Share button in the project editor.
Click on the Copy Link button.
Click on the Copy Link link. This will save the URL of your project page into your clipboard.

To get the URL link of your Microbit project:

Click on the button in the project editor.
Click on the Publish Project button.
Click on the Copy button. This will save the URL of your project page into your clipboard.

To get the URL link of your Arcade project:

Click on the button in the project editor.
Click on the Publish Project button.
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Scratch Platformer

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1 - Introduction

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2 - Create a new Scratch project

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3 - Create your sprite

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4 - Create the 'platform' sprite

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5 - Resize your character

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