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Scratch

Scratch is a free programming language where you can create your own interactive stories, games and animations.

Core Resources

This content is reviewed by the CoderDojo Foundation and is the recommended starting point for a Dojo or Ninja that’s just beginning to address the topic.

Deep Sea Sushi
Make a fun game in your first Scratch program!
Pattern Pen
Ninjas learn more advanced Scratch, while creating some awesome visualisations.
Falling Stars
Make a platform-style game and add your own levels, powers, and characters.

Community Resources

Ninjas who have completed the core resources at a specific level and want to learn more related things, without going deeper into the topic yet.

Scrolling Backgrounds in Scratch
How to make the background of your game move across the screen, to give the impression that your sprites are moving quickly even though they are remaining at the same “X” position on the screen.
Scratch Maze Game
Create a game where the player has to navigate to the end of a maze without touching the sides! Learn about the code blocks that can be useful when making games in Scratch.
Scratch Agar.io
Replicate the game where you grow a cell bigger by eating smaller cells.
Scratch Handouts
Learn the basics of Scratch by building a game where you catch fish, then try a few more game ideas!
Scratch Feline Fighters
Make a two-player game where the opponents are cats and they launch apples at each other!
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Social Good Resources

Learn to build apps and games to help people learn about important issues.

Mosquito Patrol
Make your first Scratch Program!
Water Use Calculator
Make a water usage calculator, with animated charts.
Fart Catcher
Make a platform-style gamer and add your own levels, powers and characters.

Project Ideas

Ideas for Ninjas or Dojos for more projects they can undertake with the skills they have learned.

Dungeon Quest
So you think you know everything there is to know in Scratch? Are you ready for a real challenge? Time to build what can be the most complex genre of old-style computer games…
Scratch project examples
Give Ninja's inspiration for future projects.
Scratch Movie Story
Take your Scratch movies to the next level! Learn how to create perfectly timed dialog using broadcast messages. Use custom blocks to structure your story into distinct scenes.
More scratch project examples
Give Ninja's inspiration for future projects.
Make A Mobot
A MoBot game using Scratch and the Microsoft Kinect controller
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Challenge Cards

Ninjas who are looking for a challenge can find it here.

Battleships
Build a graphical version of Battleships in Scratch.
Daleks Game
A Scratch game with multiple sprites... and teleporting! The player has to avoid the Daleks which are closing in fast.
Scratch Snowflakes Challenge
Make a wintery scene with falling snow! Suitable for beginners who have programmed in Scratch before.
Scratch Tic-Tac-Toe Game
Create the classic game of X's and O's in Scratch.

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