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Meteor Dodge - Invent with Scratch 2.0 Screencast

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Free online course in Scratch: https://www.udemy.com/scratch-game-programming/?couponCode=GET_SCRATCHING Many more games in the free Scratch Programming Playground book! https://inventwithscratch.com/book Run this game program in your browser at http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/11788691/ With MIT's Scratch 2.0 programming environment, Al demonstrates a meteor dodging game where the player controls a small spaceship with the mouse. More Scratch screencast tutorials can be found at http://inventwithscratch.com

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[{'end': 167.453, 'text': "Great, let's go back to the spaceship sprite and add the code for this sprite.", 'start': 163.462, 'duration': 3.991}, {'end': 177.208, 'text': "At the very start of the program, when the user clicks on the green flag, we'll want to move the spaceship to the very center of the stage.", 'start': 168.055, 'duration': 9.153}, {'end': 184.793, 'text': 'So in the blue motion category, grab that X and Y and set both the X and Y values to zero.', 'start': 177.288, 'duration': 7.505}, {'end': 192.558, 'text': "And since we'll hide the spaceship at the end of the last game, we'll want to make this spaceship show up at the very start of the game.", 'start': 186.254, 'duration': 6.304}], 'summary': 'Code the spaceship to move to center of stage at game start.', 'duration': 29.096, 'max_score': 163.462, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ163462.jpg'}, {'end': 247.732, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 210.009, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 221.435, 'text': 'So in the blue motion category, we want the spaceship to point towards the mouse cursor, and then move a few steps towards it.', 'start': 210.009, 'duration': 11.426}, {'end': 227.699, 'text': "And 10 is too fast, so we're going to make this slow down a bit, down to 5 steps.", 'start': 221.555, 'duration': 6.144}, {'end': 235.564, 'text': "And then to play the frames of animation, we'll go to the purple looks section and grab that next costume block.", 'start': 229.5, 'duration': 6.064}, {'end': 237.966, 'text': 'So we can test this out.', 'start': 236.965, 'duration': 1.001}, {'end': 241.328, 'text': 'That looks pretty good.', 'start': 240.487, 'duration': 0.841}, {'end': 247.732, 'text': "Also, we'll want to add a little timer in the top left.", 'start': 244.35, 'duration': 3.382}], 'summary': 'In the blue motion category, spaceship moves 5 steps towards mouse cursor, animation frames are played, and a timer is added in the 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screen, aiming to avoid the player and restarting the process upon reaching the bottom.', 'duration': 508.712, 'highlights': ['Creating a spaceship sprite with animated power rings', 'Implementing mouse-controlled movement for the spaceship', 'Drawing and programming meteor sprites to fall from the top of the screen', 'Setting initial position and time-tracking variable for the spaceship']}], 'duration': 508.712, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ8137.jpg', 'highlights': ['Implementing mouse-controlled movement for the spaceship', 'Creating a spaceship sprite with animated power rings', 'Drawing and programming meteor sprites to fall from the top of the screen', 'Setting initial position and time-tracking variable for the spaceship']}, {'end': 737.113, 'segs': [{'end': 669.288, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 535.761, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 541.663, 'text': 'Pick random 1 to 5 will only return the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.', 'start': 535.761, 'duration': 5.902}, {'end': 548.265, 'text': "So it'll always be right at that one second interval that all of these meteors will be coming down.", 'start': 541.663, 'duration': 6.602}, {'end': 549.525, 'text': "That's not really that great.", 'start': 548.305, 'duration': 1.22}, {'end': 554.707, 'text': 'It would be nice if we could have it just wait maybe 2.6 seconds or 4.2 seconds.', 'start': 549.545, 'duration': 5.162}, {'end': 557.748, 'text': "There's a way we can do that with some clever math.", 'start': 554.747, 'duration': 3.001}, {'end': 566.4, 'text': "Pull this out for a little bit, and let's change this to 10 to 50.", 'start': 558.148, 'duration': 8.252}, {'end': 578.128, 'text': 'And then grab this division operator block, put that in the front, and then have that divided by 10.', 'start': 566.4, 'duration': 11.728}, {'end': 585.312, 'text': "Now this pick random 10 to 50 will have a value like 26, which gets divided by 10, so then that'll be 2.6 seconds.", 'start': 578.128, 'duration': 7.184}, {'end': 592.009, 'text': "That'll give us much more random downward pourings of these meteors.", 'start': 588.066, 'duration': 3.943}, {'end': 597.412, 'text': 'So now we have to set it somewhere randomly for its x value.', 'start': 592.969, 'duration': 4.443}, {'end': 602.555, 'text': "Go to the blue motion category and we'll just set x to some random number.", 'start': 597.652, 'duration': 4.903}, {'end': 611.161, 'text': 'Go to the operator section and grab that pick random, and it can be anywhere from negative 240, which is on the far left side, to 240,', 'start': 602.635, 'duration': 8.526}, {'end': 612.541, 'text': 'which is on the far right side.', 'start': 611.161, 'duration': 1.38}, {'end': 619.251, 'text': "And then we always want it to be at the top so let's set the y value to just positive 180.", 'start': 613.462, 'duration': 5.789}, {'end': 620.572, 'text': "That'll be at the very top.", 'start': 619.251, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 623.354, 'text': 'And then we also want it to point downwards.', 'start': 621.053, 'duration': 2.301}, {'end': 624.696, 'text': 'So point in direction.', 'start': 623.415, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 630.741, 'text': "And actually, we don't always want it to point directly down, which would be 180 degrees.", 'start': 624.716, 'duration': 6.025}, {'end': 633.703, 'text': 'We want it to vary to the left and right a little bit.', 'start': 630.841, 'duration': 2.862}, {'end': 639.021, 'text': "So let's grab this operator section and grab this plus sign.", 'start': 635.08, 'duration': 3.941}, {'end': 645.502, 'text': 'So we want it to be 180 degrees plus or minus, say 25 degrees.', 'start': 639.461, 'duration': 6.041}, {'end': 654.143, 'text': 'So we can grab that pick random block and say, pick a random number between negative 25 and 25.', 'start': 646.222, 'duration': 7.921}, {'end': 658.104, 'text': "So I'll add a little variance in where it's pointed.", 'start': 654.143, 'duration': 3.961}, {'end': 662.505, 'text': "It'll still generally be pointed downwards, but it just won't always be straight down.", 'start': 658.164, 'duration': 4.341}, {'end': 665.517, 'text': 'and snap that into place.', 'start': 664.454, 'duration': 1.063}, {'end': 669.288, 'text': 'Now that the meteor is in position, we can go ahead and show it.', 'start': 666.761, 'duration': 2.527}], 'summary': 'Adjusting timing and direction for more random meteor showers in a game.', 'duration': 133.527, 'max_score': 535.761, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ535761.jpg'}, {'end': 737.113, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 695.32, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 698.702, 'text': "And in the Motion category, we'll get the y position of the meteor.", 'start': 695.32, 'duration': 3.382}, {'end': 707.468, 'text': "And if the Y position of the meteor is less than negative 160, then we'll stop looping in this loop and continue on.", 'start': 699.522, 'duration': 7.946}, {'end': 717.175, 'text': "Actually, after that point we'll just have it loop back to the top of the forever block and then hide itself and wait a random amount of time and then start falling down all over again.", 'start': 708.489, 'duration': 8.686}, {'end': 721.959, 'text': "But meanwhile, while it's in this loop, we want it to move downwards, so.", 'start': 718.276, 'duration': 3.683}, {'end': 725.022, 'text': 'Grab this Move 10 Steps block.', 'start': 723.32, 'duration': 1.702}, {'end': 731.988, 'text': 'We also want it to animate by changing the costumes through those different frames of animation that we have.', 'start': 725.782, 'duration': 6.206}, {'end': 737.113, 'text': 'so click on the purple Looks category and grab this Next Costume block.', 'start': 731.988, 'duration': 5.125}], 'summary': 'In the motion category, the meteor will move downwards by 10 steps and change costumes while looping until the y position is less than -160.', 'duration': 41.793, 'max_score': 695.32, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ695320.jpg'}], 'start': 517.73, 'title': 'Creating random game elements', 'summary': 'Covers creating random wait time for meteor showers, setting random motion for objects, and creating a continuous loop movement for meteors in a game, adding variety and natural effects to improve gameplay.', 'chapters': [{'end': 597.412, 'start': 517.73, 'title': 'Coding random wait time', 'summary': "Explains how to make a random wait time between 2.6 to 5 seconds using a pick random block and division operator to create a more varied and natural effect for the game's meteor showers.", 'duration': 79.682, 'highlights': ["Using pick random block and division operator to create a random wait time between 2.6 to 5 seconds for the meteor showers, enhancing the game's dynamics.", 'Identifying the limitation of using pick random 1 to 5 block and proposing the solution to create more varied wait times for the meteor showers.', 'Explaining the process of adjusting the pick random block to generate values between 10 to 50 and then dividing by 10 to achieve more diverse wait times for the meteor showers.']}, {'end': 645.502, 'start': 597.652, 'title': 'Creating random motion for object', 'summary': 'Covers setting random motion for an object by setting x to a random number, setting y to 180, and pointing the object downwards with a variation of +/- 25 degrees.', 'duration': 47.85, 'highlights': ["The object's x value is set to a random number within the range of -240 to 240, with y value set to 180, and the object is pointed downwards.", "The direction of the object's pointing is varied by +/- 25 degrees to the left and right from the vertical downwards position."]}, {'end': 737.113, 'start': 646.222, 'title': 'Creating meteor movement loop', 'summary': 'Demonstrates creating a loop for a meteor to continuously move downwards and check for collision with the player until its y value reaches less than negative 160, while also incorporating variance in its direction and animation.', 'duration': 90.891, 'highlights': ['The meteor is programmed to move downwards within a loop until its y value is less than negative 160, at which point it resets and starts falling down again.', "Variance in the meteor's direction is added to make it not always point straight down, creating a more dynamic movement pattern.", 'The meteor is set to animate by changing its costumes through different frames, enhancing its visual appearance and creating a more engaging experience.', "A random number between negative 25 and 25 is picked to add variance in the meteor's direction, adding unpredictability to its movement."]}], 'duration': 219.383, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ517730.jpg', 'highlights': ['Using pick random block and division operator to create a random wait time between 2.6 to 5 seconds for meteor showers.', "Setting the object's x value to a random number within the range of -240 to 240, with y value set to 180, and pointing downwards.", 'The meteor is programmed to move downwards within a loop until its y value is less than negative 160, at which point it resets and starts falling down again.', 'Identifying the limitation of using pick random 1 to 5 block and proposing the solution to create more varied wait times for meteor showers.', "The direction of the object's pointing is varied by +/- 25 degrees to the left and right from the vertical downwards position.", 'Explaining the process of adjusting the pick random block to generate values between 10 to 50 and then dividing by 10 to achieve more diverse wait times for meteor showers.', "Variance in the meteor's direction is added to make it not always point straight down, creating a more dynamic movement pattern.", 'The meteor is set to animate by changing its costumes through different frames, enhancing its visual appearance and creating a more engaging experience.', "A random number between negative 25 and 25 is picked to add variance in the meteor's direction, adding unpredictability to its movement."]}, {'end': 1120.688, 'segs': [{'end': 787.118, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 756.833, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 764.302, 'text': "And in that case we'll have it broadcast a game over event and we'll reprogram the spaceship to handle that broadcast.", 'start': 756.833, 'duration': 7.469}, {'end': 775.011, 'text': 'So this will be a new broadcast message, so click on New Message and then type its name, Game Over.', 'start': 767.947, 'duration': 7.064}, {'end': 782.015, 'text': "So let's add the code to the Spaceship sprite to handle when it receives the Game Over broadcast.", 'start': 775.031, 'duration': 6.984}, {'end': 787.118, 'text': "So we'll grab this When I Receive Game Over block from the Events category.", 'start': 782.055, 'duration': 5.063}], 'summary': 'Reprogramming spaceship to handle game over broadcast.', 'duration': 30.285, 'max_score': 756.833, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ756833.jpg'}, {'end': 887.611, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 809.02, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 816.263, 'text': 'we just want to stop all the other scripts in this sprite, particularly this script right here, which has the timer go up.', 'start': 809.02, 'duration': 7.243}, {'end': 824.166, 'text': 'so as soon as it gets hit by a meteor, the game over message is broadcasted and then it will stop this.', 'start': 816.263, 'duration': 7.903}, {'end': 825.987, 'text': 'stop this other script up here.', 'start': 824.166, 'duration': 1.821}, {'end': 834.791, 'text': "let's test this out and the time still going up and then perfect.", 'start': 825.987, 'duration': 8.804}, {'end': 843.849, 'text': "So let's make a cool explosion sprite that can play once the spaceship gets hit by a meteor.", 'start': 838.226, 'duration': 5.623}, {'end': 846.711, 'text': "Now we could draw this ourself, but it's kind of tricky.", 'start': 843.869, 'duration': 2.842}, {'end': 851.513, 'text': 'Instead, we could just download an image of an explosion animation off of the internet.', 'start': 847.071, 'duration': 4.442}, {'end': 856.196, 'text': "So I'm going to go to inventwithscratch.com in my web browser.", 'start': 852.214, 'duration': 3.982}, {'end': 864.222, 'text': "And here in the download section, you'll find a whole series of these explosion images.", 'start': 859.798, 'duration': 4.424}, {'end': 870.008, 'text': 'So right click on each one of these and save link as to download them to your computer.', 'start': 864.322, 'duration': 5.686}, {'end': 879.117, 'text': "Okay, that's explosions one through eight.", 'start': 870.028, 'duration': 9.089}, {'end': 887.611, 'text': 'And back at the Scratch Editor, you can create a new sprite by uploading an image from your computer into the editor.', 'start': 880.885, 'duration': 6.726}], 'summary': 'Stopping scripts when hit by meteor, adding explosion sprite from internet.', 'duration': 55.202, 'max_score': 809.02, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ809020.jpg'}, {'end': 936.753, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 890.154, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 899.883, 'text': "And then for that sprite, I'll go to the Costumes tab and upload different costumes from each of these explosions.", 'start': 890.154, 'duration': 9.729}, {'end': 923.663, 'text': 'So I have eight different costumes for this explosion.', 'start': 920.1, 'duration': 3.563}, {'end': 928.346, 'text': 'The script section for the explosion sprite is pretty simple.', 'start': 925.744, 'duration': 2.602}, {'end': 936.753, 'text': "All it does is at the very start of the program is it hides itself since it doesn't need to be seen until the ship gets hit by a meteor.", 'start': 929.007, 'duration': 7.746}], 'summary': 'Explosion sprite has 8 costumes uploaded in costumes tab, script hides it at the start of the program.', 'duration': 46.599, 'max_score': 890.154, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ890154.jpg'}, {'end': 1083.117, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1051.416, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1053.097, 'text': 'Click on the green flag to start testing it.', 'start': 1051.416, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 1061.968, 'text': 'Nice And it waited for two seconds, and then it automatically stopped.', 'start': 1056.339, 'duration': 5.629}, {'end': 1068.931, 'text': "So one meteor isn't that tricky to avoid, but let's start duplicating this sprite over and over and over again.", 'start': 1062.829, 'duration': 6.102}, {'end': 1073.133, 'text': 'The more meteors we have, the harder it will be to dodge them all.', 'start': 1069.091, 'duration': 4.042}, {'end': 1077.215, 'text': "So I'll maybe go for 10 meteors.", 'start': 1074.653, 'duration': 2.562}, {'end': 1083.117, 'text': "Whoa, they're coming down pretty hard.", 'start': 1080.836, 'duration': 2.281}], 'summary': 'Testing a sprite that duplicates meteors, increasing difficulty with 10 meteors falling.', 'duration': 31.701, 'max_score': 1051.416, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ1051416.jpg'}, {'end': 1120.688, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1101.722, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 1114.448, 'text': 'but also how to download different animation images from the internet and then upload them to the Scratch editor so that we can play through really complex looking animations that other people have made.', 'start': 1101.722, 'duration': 12.726}, {'end': 1119.445, 'text': 'So I hope you found this project to be helpful.', 'start': 1117.58, 'duration': 1.865}, {'end': 1120.688, 'text': 'Thanks for watching!.', 'start': 1119.946, 'duration': 0.742}], 'summary': 'Learn to download and upload animation images to scratch editor for complex animations.', 'duration': 18.966, 'max_score': 1101.722, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ1101722.jpg'}], 'start': 738.094, 'title': 'Creating spaceship collision handling', 'summary': 'Explains programming a spaceship sprite to handle collision with a meteor, including stopping the timer, displaying an explosion animation, and broadcasting a game over event. it also demonstrates creating an explosion sprite in scratch by integrating images from the internet and using code to play the animation.', 'chapters': [{'end': 834.791, 'start': 738.094, 'title': 'Spaceship collision handling', 'summary': 'Explains how to program a spaceship sprite to handle collision with a meteor, including stopping the timer and displaying an explosion animation, ultimately broadcasting a game over event.', 'duration': 96.697, 'highlights': ['The spaceship sprite is programmed to handle a collision with a meteor by broadcasting a game over event and hiding itself, triggering an explosion animation instead.', 'The script to stop the timer when the spaceship is hit by a meteor is demonstrated, ensuring the game over message triggers the cessation of the timer script.', 'Instructions for checking if the spaceship is touching the meteor and broadcasting a game over event are provided, enhancing the collision handling mechanism.']}, {'end': 1120.688, 'start': 838.226, 'title': 'Creating explosion sprite in scratch', 'summary': 'Demonstrates creating an explosion sprite in scratch by downloading and integrating explosion images from the internet, and utilizing code to play the animation and enhance the spaceship game experience.', 'duration': 282.462, 'highlights': ['The chapter emphasizes the process of downloading explosion animation images from the internet and integrating them into the Scratch editor to create a dynamic explosion sprite for the spaceship game.', 'It explains the step-by-step process of uploading different costumes from the downloaded explosion images and utilizing code to play through the animation, enhancing the spaceship game experience.', 'The chapter also discusses the concept of duplicating the explosion sprite to increase the difficulty level of the game by adding multiple meteors, creating a challenging gameplay experience for the users.', 'It concludes with a recap of the learnings, including creating animations for the spaceship and meteor, downloading animation images from the internet, and integrating them into the Scratch editor, providing a comprehensive overview of the project.']}], 'duration': 382.594, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/fKBrDRxH1TQ/pics/fKBrDRxH1TQ738094.jpg', 'highlights': ['The spaceship sprite triggers an explosion animation instead of hiding itself when colliding with a meteor.', 'The script stops the timer when the spaceship is hit by a meteor, ensuring the game over message triggers the cessation of the timer script.', 'Instructions for checking if the spaceship is touching the meteor and broadcasting a game over event are provided, enhancing the collision handling mechanism.', 'The chapter emphasizes the process of downloading explosion animation images from the internet and integrating them into the Scratch editor to create a dynamic explosion sprite for the spaceship game.', 'The step-by-step process of uploading different costumes from the downloaded explosion images and utilizing code to play through the animation is explained, enhancing the spaceship game experience.', 'The concept of duplicating the explosion sprite to increase the difficulty level of the game by adding multiple meteors is discussed, creating a challenging gameplay experience for the users.', 'The chapter concludes with a recap of the learnings, including creating animations for the spaceship and meteor, downloading animation images from the internet, and integrating them into the Scratch editor, providing a comprehensive overview of the project.']}], 'highlights': ['Creating a spaceship sprite with animated power rings', 'Implementing mouse-controlled movement for the spaceship', 'Drawing and programming meteor sprites to fall from the top of the screen', 'Setting initial position and time-tracking variable for the spaceship', 'Using pick random block and division operator to create a random wait time between 2.6 to 5 seconds for meteor showers', 'The meteor is set to animate by changing its costumes through different frames, enhancing its visual appearance and creating a more engaging experience', 'The spaceship sprite triggers an explosion animation instead of hiding itself when colliding with a meteor', 'The script stops the timer when the spaceship is hit by a meteor, ensuring the game over message triggers the cessation of the timer script', 'Instructions for checking if the spaceship is touching the meteor and broadcasting a game over event are provided, enhancing the collision handling mechanism', 'The concept of duplicating the explosion sprite to increase the difficulty level of the game by adding multiple meteors is discussed, creating a challenging gameplay experience for the users']}