Question

how can we work with multiple sprites in scratch
Full marks: 5

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʀ ᴀʙᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴘʀɪᴛᴇ ʟɪsᴛ ʜᴀs ғᴏᴜʀ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏɴs ғᴏʀ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ sᴘʀɪᴛᴇs. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ:

• ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡs ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴏᴏsᴇ ᴀ sᴘʀɪᴛᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ.
• ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛʙʀᴜsʜ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇs ᴀ ʙʟᴀɴᴋ sᴘʀɪᴛᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɴ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ ᴄᴏsᴛᴜᴍᴇ.
• ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇs ᴀ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ sᴘʀɪᴛᴇ.
• ᴛʜᴇ ᴜᴘʟᴏᴀᴅ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡs ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜᴘʟᴏᴀᴅ ᴀ sᴘʀɪᴛᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀ.
• ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡs ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇ.

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ sᴘʀɪᴛᴇ ɪs ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀɢᴇ, ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴘʀɪᴛᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʙ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴠɪᴇᴡɪɴɢ.

sᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪɴɢ

Each sprite in a Scratch project has an area for scripts, called the scripts area. Users can give instructions to a sprite (such as telling the sprite to move) by snapping blocks together in the scripts area. Clicking on the block(s) in the script area will cause the sprite to react based on the function of the block(s) clicked. Clicking on a sprite's thumbnail in the sprite pane will bring up the script area of that sprite.

The look of a sprite can also be changed by using costumes. The current costume of a sprite can be changed by clicking on the "costumes" tab and clicking on the desired costume of choice, or by using Looks blocks to select the sprite's costume. New costumes for the sprite can be imported, created, and edited in the Scratch Paint Editor.

Some sprites additionally have at least one sound. Unlike costumes, sounds are an optional field, so you can have a sprite with no sounds. The sounds tab allows you to add, delete, and edit sounds. Sounds can be played in the sound editor or with blocks that play a specific sound.

Sprites (with all of their scripts, costumes, and sounds) can be exported, and then imported into another project if desired. This is achieved by right-clicking on a sprite's thumbnail in the sprite pane and then selecting "save to local file" in the pop-up menu. A sprite can also be dragged into the backpack and dragged out into another project for transporting. However, this will not save the sprite to one's computer.