Práctica Scratch 2. Animate your name.

Animate Your Name

Make your name come to life! Animate the letters by coding in Scratch. Add sound and music too.

Animate Your Name with Scratch from Lifelong Kindergarten on Vimeo.

1. Choose the First Letter (Elige la primera letra).

To start, choose the first letter of your username, initials, or favorite word.

Click this icon  to choose a new sprite:

Then select one of the letters in the Sprite library:

Why are characters in Scratch called 'sprites'? We borrowed the word from the first video games.

Tip: If you don't want the cat in your project, you can delete it using the scissors tool.

Click on the scissors, then click on the cat.

2. Add Color Effects

Make the letter change color whenever it's clicked.

Click the Looks category, then drag a change color effect block into the Scripts area:

You can click on that block to try it.

Click the Events category. Drag out a when this sprite clicked block and snap it on top:

Now you can click your letter on the Stage to see its color change:

( si vas bien al hacer CLICK sobre la letra debería cambiar de color)

3. Add a Sound

Click the Sounds tab, then click :

Select "zoop" or another sound:

Then, click the Scripts tab. Click the Soundcategory, and drag out a play sound block.

Snap that sound block onto the script, like this:

Click on your letter to run the script:

( Ahora debería sonar SONIDO además de cambiar de color) (Esta parte la podréis comprobar en casa)

4. Add a Backdrop

Click the  icon to open the Backdrop library:

Choose the backdrop you want (such as "boardwalk" or "circles").

5. Add Your Next Letter

To add the second letter of your name, make a new sprite.

You can draw the letter by clicking the  icon:

You can draw using the paint tools:

Or, type the letter using the text tool: 

Want to choose the letter instead? Click the icon to choose from the Sprite library.

6. Make It Spin

Animate the second letter of your name.

Click the Motion category, and drag out a turnblock.

Click the Control category, and drag out a waitblock.

Then, drag out a repeat block and snap it around those blocks, like this:

To make it play music and spin whenever you click the letter, build a script like this:

Try different numbers to adjust the spin.

Tip: To reset the sprite's angle, click this block in the Motion category:

7. Finish Your Name

You're ready to add and animate the rest of the letters in your name.

Choose or draw the letters using the New Sprite buttons:

Here are some other scripts to try.

Tip: Click twice on any sprite to edit its scripts.

GLIDE

Make your letter glide when you click it:

Tip: When you drag a sprite to the position you want on the Stage, the glide blocks in the palette will update with its current x and y position.

CHANGE SIZE

Make your letter grow and shrink when you click it:

You can try adding other blocks to see what they do.