Table of contents acknowledgements introducing scratch 3 vii viii 1 GAME ON Cat on the Move Cat and Mouse Fish in the Sea Bat in a Flap Kiran and the Magic Crystals Challenges 4 6 8 10 12 14 2 DRAWING BACKGROUNDS AND SPRITES 18 Down the River 20 Monster Maze 22 Penguin Bobsled Cross 24 Color Bounce 28 Racetrack 32 Challenges 3 WHAT’S THE SCORE Penguin Ski School Shark Diver Fruit Catcher Brick Tricks Colored Walls Challenges 4 MATH MATTERS Super Snake Cactus Jumper Tower Builder Robot Power Up Invasion of the Donuts Challenges 5 MAKING YOUR OWN BLOCKS Cave of Stars Space Tacos Two-Player Soccer Rocket Racers Catch the Snowflakes Challenges 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 82 86 90 94 100 106 112
Ackowledgements A big thanks to all my family for their support Rachel Linus Elsa and everyone else Thanks to all at MIT Scratch for creating such a fantastic website Thanks to everyone especially the pupils at New End Primary School for inspiring me Thanks to everyone at No Starch Press for their encouragement support and patience Thanks to previous colleagues and friends who have supported and championed my ideas including Daniel Anthony Nigel Lewis Rob Ben Rich Samson Karyn Dan Donna Lorraine Jyoti Charlie Gillian Maxime and Natalie Thanks to Anne for the advice and Bob for listening
