Scratch Game

Beginner

60 mins

Teacher/Student led

+120 XP

What you need:
Chromebook/Laptop/PC or iPad/Tablet

Maze Game

In this game students program their character to navigate their way through a maze using the arrow keys on their keyboard.

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1 Create a new Scratch project
2 Upload and add the maze sprite
3 Add the beetle sprite
4 Shrink the beetle
5 Program the arrow keys to move the beetle
6 Stop the beetle going through the walls
7 Improve the game?
Quiz

1 - Create a new Scratch project

Create a new Scratch project and delete the cat.

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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2 - Upload and add the maze sprite

Save the maze picture in this step to your computer and upload it into Scratch as a new sprite. Once it appears, drag it into the center of the stage area.

Scratch: How to upload a sprite

You can upload images and sprite files into your project. To upload a sprite follow these steps:

First save the image or sprite file onto your computer. You do this by right clicking on the image or link and then selecting 'Save image/link as...'.
Choose a location on your computer such as your desktop and save the file.
In your Scratch project, put your mouse over the Choose a Sprite button.
Click on the 'Upload Sprite' button.
Go to the folder you saved your file.
Select the file and click 'Open'.

The new sprite will upload into your project and appear in the stage area.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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3 - Add the beetle sprite

Add the 'Beetle' sprite from the sprite library.

Drag the beetle to the start of the maze (the gap at the left of the maze).

Scratch: How to add a sprite from the library

To add a sprite from the sprite library follow these steps:

Put your mouse over the Choose a Sprite button
Click on the magnifying glass
Find the sprite you want in the library
Click on your chosen sprite

You can use search box or the filter links (Animals, People, Fantasy etc) to locate your sprite.

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4 - Shrink the beetle

As the beetle sprite is too big to fit through the corridors of our maze, we'll need to shrink it down. We also want to position the beetle at the start of the maze when we start the game, so we'll use a 'go to x [] y []' block to do this. Add the following code to the beetle:

when green flag clicked set size to (15) % go to x [0] y [0] //set these so the beetle appears at the start of the maze

The values for x and y will already be filled in for where your beetle is (at the start of the maze) so there's no need to change them.

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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

Maze Game

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1 - Create a new Scratch project

2 - Upload and add the maze sprite

3 - Add the beetle sprite

4 - Shrink the beetle

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