How to create a sprite
Delete a sprite (e.g. the cat) by
right clicking on it and choosing
delete.
Go to the bottom right hand
corner of the stage and choose a
new sprite by clicking on the from
library.
Draw your own sprite by clicking
on the paint new sprite icon.
How to position a sprite
Make a sprite smaller/bigger by
using the grow and shrink
commands at the top of the page.
Flip a sprite by clicking on the
Costume tab and then choosing
the flip left-right or the flip updown button.
Grow
Shrink
How to make a sprite glide to a position
Choose where you want your sprite
to start from and tell him to go to
these co-ordinates.
Then choose where you want your
sprite to go to and tell him to glide
to this position.
Hint: You can find the co-ordinate by
moving the sprite with your mouse
and looking at the address in the
bottom right hand corner of the
screen.
Brown blocks are
in the events tab
Blue blocks are in
the motion tab
How to make a sprite talk
• Use the say block, found in the
looks tab.
• Remember to adjust the length
to match how long it will take to
read (e.g. short =2secs, longer =
4 secs).
How to add continuous movement (blinking,
walking, flying etc.) to a sprite – creating extra
costumes
• To create continuous movement
(e.g. blinking, walking, flying, etc.)
you need different costumes to
show the main stages of the action.
E.g. eyes open and eyes shut.
• Click on the sprite, then costumes
(in the centre at the top).
• Right click on the sprite and select
duplicate.
• Edit the new costume so that it
shows the next stage(e.g. eyes
shut).
How to add continuous movement (blinking,
walking, flying etc.) to a sprite – creating the code
• To make something happen all
the time, you need to use the
forever block in the control tab.
• Whatever is inside this block will
keep repeating in a loop.
• You will need at least two
different costumes showing
small changes to create the
movement. (E.g. eyes open and
eyes shut for blinking)
How to add a background
• Click on Stage in the bottom left
hand corner.
• Select Backdrops from the top in
the centre.
• Click on Choose new backdrop
from library
and choose a
new background or Paint
and draw your own.
How to add an effect
• You can apply effects to sprites by
selecting change (name of effect)
effect by (number) from the looks
tab.
• You will need to select the effect type
(colour/fisheye/whirl, etc) and by how
much. Play around with the numbers
to see what happens.
• Remember you might need to include
a wait block to be able to see the
effect before the next event happens.
• Clear graphic effects in the looks tab
will remove these effects.
How to use broadcast to break up your code
into smaller parts
• Set up the sequence in the stage
using the broadcast (name) and
wait block. You will need to click
on new message to name the
broadcast.
• Write each section of code
under the control block When I
receive (broadcast name) for
each sprite.