Scratch is a great tool for students to tell stories, prove comprehension, practice language skills and . . . well, be creative. Here’s an important skill to master:
Figuring out how to make things move is pretty easy. Often, though, they look like they’re sliding or gliding. How do you make them seem animated? Most sprites in Scratch have costumes. By using the “next costume” block with a “repeat” block, you can make them appear to be running, jumping, walking, heck, even dabbing.
Important Tip: if you don’t put a “wait” block in there, the costume will change repeatedly without you (or your viewer) seeing it. To Scratch, it’s changing over and over instantly – to us, it’s just the same costume the whole time.
Another Tip: if your sprite doesn’t have a second costume that makes it appear to move . . . make one! Duplicate the 1st costume and edit it to make a 2nd one!
