Kaitlyn+T's+Scratch+Journal

=**Scratch Mini Project**= For my **Scratch Mini Project,** I decided to do a drawing game where the game would give you a word like cat and you would have to draw it, you will have a minute to draw and when the time is up, it will ask you did you draw the picture and if you said yes than it will move on the another word and you just do the same thing.

The 1st scratch project that I played today is Pong starter, you have to try and get the ball to bounce on the paddle without it hitting the red part at the bottom. If the ball touches the red spot than it's game over for you. When i looked at how they did it, I thought it was very interesting because I never knew that there was something in motion to make the ball bounce until I looked at how they did this game. I think that they should've made the ball move a little faster because when I was playing, it was going really slow which made it harder to catch the ball.

The 2nd project that I played is called Maze Starter,the point of this game is to get the ball to the goal without touching the color blue, I thought that they should've added more to this game because when I was playing, I wanted to see what would happen if I tried to touch the blue but when I did, nothing happened so I think that they should've made you move back to the starting point. Another thing that they should add is more levels, they should make it easy at first and than it will get harder each time they pass the level.

The last game that I explored through is Paint with Gobo,the point of this game is to paint and when you click on the space bar, it will change the costumes and I think it's interesting because it will automatically change colors when moving the mouse around to paint. I thought that they should've added some more effects,costumes but I mostly think that they should've let you choose where to paint because I wanted to paint starting in the middle but it always starts off somewhere in the corner. =**Scratch plan**= For my scratch project,I wanted to do something fun so I decided to do a maze game with three levels. The point of this game is to go to the goal without touching the color red. If you touch the color red, you will back at the starting point. This game will get harder each time, I will also make it where you choose what type of level you want to go to, for example easy, medium, and hard. After you get through all three levels, you win the game. =**Scratch Challenge #3**= I found a game that's kinda like mine and it's called Maze game. The only difference from my game and this game is that my game, your trying to get to the goal without touching the red parts, but in the maze game, your supposed to try and get out of the maze. This was the game that was almost alike to my game.

The game that I found interesting is Despicable Me Minion Rush, I think I found this game interesting because it's a game that gets you addicted and its fun to play. I like the way they did the effects, different costumes, and courses. = = =**Science scratch project ideas**= 1st: What are the leaves actual color 2nd: how fast could a tennis ball lose it's bounce 3rd:How do things break 4th: How can you tell when someone is lying or telling the truth 5th: Why are the leaves falling - I chose why are the leaves falling because I want to show the users why leaves fall and what makes them fall.

What I'm going to do is tell them about why the tree's leaves fall, and I'm going to make a stage showing them about what would happen when it's cold, and what causes the leaves to fall. I will have at least 5 or more sprites and there will be no winning because its not gonna be a game.

=__//**S3 Focus**//__= How well is it addressing the scoring criteria? What grade would it get? What would you need to do to make it better?
 * What is the purpose of your game? Well it's not a game but the purpose of my science project is to show people why the the leaves fall ||  ||
 * Describe the target user for your game. The target for my game is middle schoolers and high schoolers. ||  ||
 * How many sprites will you need? at least 5 or more sprites ||  ||
 * How many backgrounds/stages will you need? I will need at least 1-4 backgrounds ||  ||
 * How will users play your game? They will use it by clicking and answering questions. ||  ||
 * How will users win your game? Well it's not a game so there will be no winning and losing. ||  ||
 * Will the game keep score? No ||  ||
 * How will you use music and/or sound effects to enhance your game? I will use effects to make this science scratch project better. ||  ||
 * Layout your game sequence by [|creating][|a][|storyboard] . ||

I think that it's addressing the scoring criteria really well and if I was getting scored right now for my scratch, I think that it would get about 80 points.To make my science scratch better, I would need to add some more facts and some more effects so that it would be creative.

** DEBUG IT! **   ** a collection of puzzling Scratch programs **

Amos wants his cat to rotate when he presses the space bar. But the cat isn’t moving! What’s going on? Because your only supposed to put the turn 90 degrees once, so it would be when the space key pressed first and than you would put the turn 90 degrees after.
 * BUG #1 **

Stephanie wants the cat to start in the middle of the stage, then move across the stage and grow. It works the first time she clicks the green flag – but not when she clicks it again! What’s going on? To make it start it the middle she should put When clicked, go to x:_ y:_, and than set size to 150%, so it would start at it’s normal size. Than add the rest to make it move and grow.
 * BUG #2 **

Mitch wants his cat to dance to some music. But the cat is dancing after the music is over! What’s going on? For this one, I think you have to change the repeat so that way it won’t keep on repeating.
 * BUG #3 **

Karen wants to control the cat’s x-position with the keyboard: right arrow moves the cat right, left arrow moves the cat left. She also wants the cat to say if it’s on the right side or the left side depending on its x-position. The cat’s moving, but not saying its position correctly! What’s going on? Instead of putting the when clicked, if else and the xposition > 0, you can just take the say Right side and put it under the move 10 steps and put the say left side under the -10 steps.
 * BUG #4 **

Todd wants his cat to jump up and down, and then move across the screen. But the cat’s hopping across the screen! What’s going on? What I did was, I changed the change y by 30 to change y by 10, and than for the other change y by -30, I put change y by -10.
 * BUG #5 **