What is a sprite? How to make a sprite for scratch? | what does sprite mean in scratch?
Sprite is a character used in scratch program, let's learn what's a sprite in this article. Read it till the end. There is a surprise for you.
There are many ways to create a sprite. Scratch sprite maker (Its you:)
- You can make a sprite come into a project by uploading
- Create one by painting it
- Scratch app can give instant choice(Surprise)
- Choose the sprites available in the scratch app(library)
Without a sprite, a scratch program won't be interesting and you cant do a project without it.
Why do we need a sprite?
We need a sprite for the project to look more interactive. Sprites can be coded as them talking, thinking, or giving bubble messages and more.
There are many types of sprites, there are animals , people, fantasy, dance, music, sports, food, fashion, letters and more. A project can have many sprites and all the scripts can be controlled with code.
sprite list in a scratch |
How to make a sprite for scratch?
Above the sprite bar you can see four features, in them, you can press anything you want,
If you prefer to choose a sprite from the library you can choose as many you want(scratch sprite library)
If you prefer to create and paint your own sprite you can go ahead and press the paint feature.
If you prefer the scratch app to give a surprise of a sprite you can press that feature.
If you want to upload your own sprite you can press the upload sprite feature.
What are the four features
The first feature choose a sprite is the library which is filled with many sprites.
There are animals , people, fantasy, dance, music, sports, food, fashion, letters and more.
Create your sprite, not all the sprites will be available in the scratch app. If you are looking for some imaginative character, then you have to create on your own. Scratch gives the flexibility to create.
The second feature is basically your imagination of painting your own sprite.
The third feature is none of your work. If you press the surprise button scratch will automatically give you a random sprite. Most of them wont prefer this feature.
The last and the most preferred feature is upload sprite. You don't need to draw, scratch doesn't need to give a surprise or you don't need to select one from the library. You can directly pic a picture of any photo you like and by clicking that button, it will take you to your folder , there you can upload as many sprites you want.
Do you know that you can change the costume, size, direction, sound, motion and more.
Why are you waiting?
Immediately go to the scratch app and start picking sprites and start making projects.
If you have any doubts you can give a comment or you can go to my youtube channel by pressing this link (coming soon).
The next blog will be posted soon. We wont make you to wait a long friends. 😁😁
By the way, There is a task for you today. You can draw any drawing about scratch programming or you can write anything you understood about this blog and you can send it to easykidsprogramming@gmail.com
Soon we will learn : How to make a game on Scratch Step-by-Step for Beginners
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